Learn something new every day More Info... by email A metabolic
cart is an electronic medical tool to measure the body’s
metabolism through the amount of heat produced when the body is
at rest. The metabolic cart uses a process called calorimetry to
get this measurement. The result can help tell medical workers
more about a person’s overall health condition. The various
components of the device, which include a computer system,
monitor, and breathing tubes, are typically mounted together on
mobile push cart, hence the name, so that it can easily be moved
from one examining room to another. It uses two factors to
calculate the final heat production. One is the intake of oxygen
for the body. The other is the output of carbon dioxide. These
two figures will provide the result for the metabolic cart,
which is generally measured as REE, or Resting Energy
Expenditure. The REE for a patient can vary quite a bit.
Different instances of measuring it may vary over the same day
or over different days. The results can al