Oesophageal Doppler monitoring: Should it be routine for high-risk surgical patients?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-176

  Singer, Mervyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemodynamic optimization; high risk surgery; oesophageal Doppler monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS EXAMINATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TONOMETRY;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGUS; GOALS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 79952990404     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834452b2     Document Type: Article

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