Clinical review: Use of venous oxygen saturations as a goal - a yet unfinished puzzle

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Van Beest, Paul ^a   Wietasch, Götz ^a   Scheeren, Thomas ^a   Spronk, Peter ^b,c,d   Kuiper, Michaël ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CENTRAL VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE; GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIXED VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY; BLOOD; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHOCK; VEIN;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CRITICAL CARE; GOALS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OXYGEN; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SHOCK; VEINS;

EID: 80055115423     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10351     Document Type: Review

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