The costs and benefits of monitoring perfusion in the critically ill.
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.
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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