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Hemodynamic Monitoring

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Surgical Intensive Care Medicine

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Hemodynamic monitoring and tissue oxygenation assessment are regarded as essential tools for the management of the critically ill patient and require a physician who is properly trained to employ the techniques and interpret the data accurately. The information obtained from bedside monitoring should be interpreted in the context of other relevant investigations and clinical findings. Therefore, integrating hemodynamic variables with the clinical presentation increases the accuracy of assessment. These techniques are only useful when they have the capacity to provide additional information, the information is interpreted correctly, the interpretation of this additional information results in a change of therapy, and this change in therapy alters outcome.

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    Flávio E. Nácul MD, PhD

  3. Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Critical Care, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

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Nácul, F.E., O’Donnell, J.M. (2016). Hemodynamic Monitoring. In: O'Donnell, J., Nácul, F. (eds) Surgical Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_9

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