title: Hemodynamic assessment in the contemporary intensive care unit: a review of circulatory monitoring devices.
abstract: The assessment of the circulating volume and efficiency of tissue perfusion is necessary in the management of critically ill patients. The controversy surrounding pulmonary artery catheterization has led to a new wave of minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring technologies, including echocardiographic and Doppler imaging, pulse wave analysis, and bioimpedance. This article reviews the principles, advantages, and limitations of these technologies and the clinical contexts in which they may be clinically useful.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: mkenaan@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kenaan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718, USA.
authors.forename: Mithil
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gajera
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Sascha N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Goonewardena
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Circulatory; Critically ill; Hemodynamic; Intensive care unit; Monitoring