Previous meta-analyses suggest that perioperative goal-directed therapy (GDT) is useful to
decrease postoperative morbidity. Most GDT studies analysed were done with pulmonary …

Critically ill patients are often hemodynamically unstable (or at risk of becoming unstable)
owing to hypovolemia, cardiac dysfunction, or alterations of vasomotor function, leading to …

Over the last decade, the way to monitor hemodynamics at the bedside has evolved
considerably in the intensive care unit as well as in the operating room. The most important …

Background: Mini-fluid challenge of 100 ml colloids is thought to predict the effects of larger
amounts of fluid (500 ml) in intensive care units. This study sought to determine whether a …

Hemodynamic monitoring is an essential part of the perioperative management of the
cardiovascular patient. It helps to detect hemodynamic alterations, diagnose their underlying …

Cardiac output monitoring is used in critically ill and high-risk surgical patients. Intermittent
pulmonary artery thermodilution and transpulmonary thermodilution, considered the gold …

Monitoring cardiac output is of special interest for detecting early hemodynamic impairment
and for guiding its treatment. Among the techniques that are available to monitor cardiac …

Study objective The potential of perioperative goal-directed therapy (PGDT) to improve
outcome after high-risk abdominal surgery remains subject of debate. In particular, there is a …

Background: Lung recruitment maneuver induces a decrease in stroke volume, which is
more pronounced in hypovolemic patients. The authors hypothesized that the magnitude of …

Routine use of cardiac output (CO) monitoring became available with the introduction of the
pulmonary artery catheter into clinical practice. Since then, several systems have been …