title: The costs and benefits of monitoring perfusion in the critically ill.
abstract: The care and management of the critically ill patient have seen major advances in the past 20 years. Conventional perfusion-monitoring technologies, as well as new technological advances and their potential impact, are discussed. The following monitoring technologies are reviewed: pulmonary artery pressure, cardiac output, arterial oxygen, mixed venous oxygen, and intramucosal gastric pH.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Bearden
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003422:Critical Care; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing