title: [Invasive monitoring: goals and hazards].
abstract: While no firm recommendations are given as to when and in whom invasive monitoring should be employed, the potential risks involved in invasive monitoring are discussed. Every physician in an intensive care unit must perform a risk/benefit analysis regarding the use of invasive monitors. Aspects of these analyses are discussed with a view to assisting decision making in individual cases.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Anäthesie, Kantonsspital Basel.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Frei
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Invasives Monitoring: Ziel und Gefahren.