Invasive, minimally invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring in perioperative medicine

Abstract

The hemodynamic monitoring is a fundamental part of the patient in the perioperative period, during the last decade the monitoring at the patient's bedside has grown at giant steps, from the emergency area, operating room, to the Intensive Care area. One of its most important advances is the decrease in the use of pulmonary artery catheter, which is being replaced by ultrasound and less invasive monitoring techniques, in this article we will review from the beginning of the monitoring to the most used less invasive monitors currently.