Fluid input control in burned patients with the aid of ultrasonic arterial blood pressure monitoring.
Arterial blood pressure is nowadays easily and reliably measured with ultrasonic equipment. It correlates well with blood volume, and may therefore be used to guide fluid infusion in burned patients. Monitoring of blood pressure, instead of application of old-fashioned recipes, helps to avoid dangerous situations of hypovolemia or overload.
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001826:Body Fluids; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D014465:Ultrasonics