Doppler echocardiography as a modern tool to diagnose and monitor non-cardiac surgical patients: does it improve outcome?
Echocardiography and Doppler provide intraoperative and immediate insight when a haemodynamic deterioration occurs. Both morphological and haemodynamic features can be diagnosed instantly. Furthermore, this tool is used as a functional haemodynamic monitoring device offering on line information on systolic function, preload and afterload. No clear data exist on improvement of outcome in noncardiac surgery, but analogy to cardiac patients suggest strongly outcome can be advanced with echo-Doppler.
Poelaert
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Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Acute and Chronic Paintherapy, UZ Brussel, VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium. jan.poelaert@uzbrussels.be
D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative