Clinical review: Interpretation of arterial pressure wave in shock states

In critically ill patients monitored with an arterial catheter, the arterial pressure signal provides two types of information that may help the clinician to interpret haemodynamic status better: the mean values of systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressures; and the magnitude of the respiratory v...

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Main Authors: Lamia, Bouchra, Chemla, Denis, Richard, Christian, Teboul, Jean-Louis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1414028/