Extravascular lung water measurements and hemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill: Bedside alternatives to the pulmonary artery catheter

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Isakow, Warren ^a   Schuster, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal Doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VOLUME; DESCENDING AORTA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; REVIEW; THERMODILUTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY WATER; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LUNG; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 33845409645     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00277.2006     Document Type: Review

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