Hemodynamic monitoring in respiratory care.
Continuous, invasive hemodynamic monitoring of patients in respiratory failure is an important aspect of total respiratory care. Understanding both the technical and physiological principles underlying hemodynamic monitoring is therefore important for respiratory care practitioners. This review is designed to meet this need by (1) addressing the technical aspects of hemodynamic monitoring (catheters, transducers, and monitors), (2) discussing the determinants of commonly measured hemodynamic variables (intravascular pressures and cardiac output), and (3) offering an orderly approach to hemodynamic data that allows for rapid determination of the patient's physiologic state and appropriate diagnostic possibilities. These principles are illustrated by five examples.
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- Respiratory Therapy
- Respiratory System
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Humans
- Hemodynamics
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
- 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
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Published In
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Respiratory Therapy
- Respiratory System
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Humans
- Hemodynamics
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
- 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology