Minimally invasive monitoring

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-42

  Monnet, Xavier ^a,b   Teboul, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Cardiac output; Hemodynamic monitoring; Pulse contour analysis; Thermodilution; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE WAVEFORM ANALYSIS DEVICE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING DEVICE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE MONITORING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRESSURE RECORDING ANALYTICAL METHOD; REVIEW; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84915748309     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2014.08.002     Document Type: Review

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