title: Functional hemodynamic monitoring.
abstract: Functional hemodynamic monitoring is the assessment of the dynamic interactions of hemodynamic variables in response to a defined perturbation. Recent interest in functional hemodynamic monitoring for the bedside assessment of cardiovascular insufficiency has heightened with the documentation of its accuracy in predicting volume responsiveness using a wide variety of monitoring devices, both invasive and noninvasive, and across multiple patient groups and clinical conditions. However, volume responsiveness, though important, reflects only part of the overall spectrum of functional physiologic variables that can be measured to define the physiologic state and monitor response to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 606 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: pinskymr@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pinsky
mesh_terms: D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Dynamic tissue O(2) saturation; Functional hemodynamic monitoring; Positive-pressure ventilation; Stroke volume variation