Second consensus on the assessment of sublingual microcirculation in critically ill patients: results from a task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 281-299

  Ince, Can ^a,b   Boerma, E Christiaan ^c   Cecconi, Maurizio ^d   De Backer, Daniel ^e   Shapiro, Nathan I ^f   Duranteau, Jacques ^g   Pinsky, Michael R ^h   Artigas, Antonio ⁱ   Teboul, Jean Louis ^j   Reiss, Irwin K M ^k   Aldecoa, Cesar ^l   Hutchings, Sam D ^m   Donati, Abele ⁿ   Maggiorini, Marco ^o   Taccone, Fabio S ^p   Hernandez, Glenn ^q   Payen, Didier ^r   Tibboel, Dick ^k   Martin, Daniel S ^s,t   Zarbock, Alexander ^u   Monnet, Xavier ^j   Dubin, Arnaldo ^v   Bakker, Jan ^a,q,w   Vincent, Jean Louis ^p   Scheeren, Thomas W L ^x   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^m KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^q PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^r HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^v Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

^w NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Fluid therapy; Hemodynamic monitoring; IDF imaging; Intensive care; Microcirculation; OPS imaging; SDF imaging; Sepsis; Shock; Sublingual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELPHI STUDY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROCIRCULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; MOUTH FLOOR; VASCULARIZATION;

CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUTH FLOOR;

EID: 85041584940     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5070-7     Document Type: Article

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