title: Introduction to hemodynamic monitoring.
abstract: This article discusses nursing care of the patient who requires hemodynamic monitoring. This will include care of the patient who requires intra-arterial pressure monitoring, central venous pressure (CVP) monitoring, left atrial pressure (LAP) monitoring, and monitoring of left heart pressures, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance using a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter.
mesh_terms: D016275:Atrial Function; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation; D002138:Calibration; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009732:Nursing Care; D014160:Transducers, Pressure