| Abstrakt: |
Rational decision making for cardiovascular and fluid management in critically ill patients requires reliable assessment of cardiac preload and circulating blood volume (CBV). Ideally, the technology should be safe, noninvasive, accurate, reliable, continuous, and available without expensive equipment. However, no single monitoring tool currently meets all these requirements. A misinterpretation of cardiac preload or CBV when each inaccuracy of the measurement is not recognized could bring serious consequences in critically ill patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
