Hemodynamic monitoring

Abstract

The art of critical care medicine has greatly changed in the last 30 years with a better understanding of physiology, advances in technology, and the development of more sophisticated monitoring systems. Hemodynamic monitoring now plays a major role in assessing and managing critically ill patients and includes the pulmonary artery flotation catheter, echocardiography, pulse contour analysis, transesophageal Doppler, and microcirculation monitoring. © 2010 Springer-Verlag US.