Near-infrared spectroscopy: The new must have tool in the intensive care unit?

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 213-224

  Green, Michael Stuart ^a   Sehgal, Sankalp ^a   Tariq, Rayhan ^a  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral oximetry; critical care; fNIR; ICU monitoring; near infrared spectroscopy; NIRS; NIRS in SICU; STICU patient monitoring; trauma

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUTUROLOGY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; VALIDITY; VASCULAR OCCLUSION TEST; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR WEANING; BLOOD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; PROCEDURES;

OXYGEN;

CRITICAL CARE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OXYGEN; SEPSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84978976139     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: 19405596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253216644346     Document Type: Review

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