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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 4. Resuscitative Procedures > |
Chapter 34. Hemodynamic Monitoring
Sections: Hemodynamic Monitoring: Introduction, Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring, Central Venous Pressure Monitoring, Cardiac Output Monitoring, Organ Oxygenation and Perfusion Monitoring, Recommendations, References.
Topics Discussed: cardiovascular monitoring; hemodynamic regulation.
Excerpt:"The purpose of hemodynamic monitoring is to identify cardiovascular insufficiency
and to ensure optimal treatment of the unstable critically ill.
Hemodynamic monitoring serves a diagnostic, therapeutic, and resuscitation
target role. Although vital signs help assess the adequacy of tissue
perfusion, they are a late indicator of tissue ischemia.1 Analysis
of hemodynamic variables beyond traditional vital signs allows the
clinician to differentiate various causes of hemodynamic instability
and intervene appropriately...."
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