Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 1994
Comparative StudyInvasive monitoring combined with two-dimensional echocardiographic study in septic shock.
An investigation into the incidence and the clinical implication of discrepancies which may sometimes occur between invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic evaluation in septic patients. ⋯ Frequent discrepancies between to invasive and non-invasive procedure were observed. The reasons for these discrepancies, including low vascular resistance, reduced LV compliance, and a possible overestimation of cardiac output by the thermodilution method, are examined in the light of data recorded. It was concluded that invasive hemodynamic evaluation by right heart catheterization in septic patients should be seriously questioned.
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialContribution of non-neurologic disturbances in acute physiology to the prediction of intensive care outcome after head injury or non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage.
To study the additional contribution of non-neurologic disturbances in acute physiology and chronic health to the prediction of intensive care outcome in patients with head injury or non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage. ⋯ The non-neurologic disturbances in acute physiology have prognostic significance in the prediction of intensive care outcome in patients with head injury or non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage. The created predictive model may supplement clinical judgement of this patient group.