Author/Editor		Voga, G
Title		Hemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill
Type		članek
Source		Liječ Vjesn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 117, št. Suppl 2
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 23-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Monitoring of vital functions is one of the most important and essential tools in the management of critically ill patients in the ICU. Today it is possible to detect and analyze a great variety of physiological signals by various noninvasive and invasive techniques. An intensivist should bi able to select and perform the most appropriate monitoring method for the individual patient considering risk-benefit ratio of the particular monitoring technique and the need for immediate therapy, specific diagnosis, continuous monitoring and evaluation of morphology should be included. Despite rapid development of noninvasive monitoring techniques, invasive hemodynamic monitoring in still one of the most basic ICU procedures. It enables monitoring of pressures, flow and saturation, pressures in the systemic and pulmonary circulation, estimation of cardiac performance and judgment of the adequacy of the cardiocirculatory system. Carefully and correctly obtained information are basis for proper hemodynamic assessment which usually effects the therapeutic dicisions.
Descriptors		MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS