Noninvasive monitoring.
Noninvasive monitors are finding increased use in the intensive care unit both as labor-saving tools and as a means to reduce complications associated with invasive techniques. The current technology allows for the replacement of a number of invasive devices with a noninvasive counterpart capable of providing similar information. The potential reduction in morbidity and mortality realized with a greater reliance on noninvasive monitors should result in widespread application of these modalities.
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D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002151:Calorimetry; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010092:Oximetry; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology