Arterial waveforms: monitoring changes in configuration.
Arterial waveform configuration is an underused monitoring tool in the intensive care setting. Characteristic changes in configuration occur throughout the illness-wellness continuum for a number of disease processes. The cases presented illustrate the opportunity for preliminary diagnosis and early intervention.
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University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology