Haemodynamic monitoring.
The monitoring of cardiovascular function is an indispensable element in anaesthesia. A thorough understanding of pathophysiology in various disease states allows optimal balancing of the invasiveness and completeness of haemodynamic monitoring. The prevention of both intraoperative and postoperative complications is therefore a primary goal.
Poelaert
J I
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Cardiac Anaesthesia and Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B9000 Gent, Belgium. jan.poelaert@rug.ac.be