Intensive care world
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Intensive care world · Mar 1994
ReviewAdvances in monitoring in intensive care: continuous mixed venous oxygen saturation and right ventricular ejection fraction.
Direct cardiorespiratory measurements and the use of optimum values to guide therapy have been associated with improved survival in a number of conditions causing critical illness. Increasingly sophisticated monitoring that provides more accurate and reproducible assessment of the cardiorespiratory system at the bedside is pivotal to this better outcome. ⋯ We discuss some practical aspects of the use of these measurements and some potential clinical applications. Additionally, some of the studies in which the use of these measurements is increasing our knowledge of the pathophysiology of critical illness and contributing to improved management of critically ill patients, are highlighted.