Can changes in arterial pressure be used to detect changes in cardiac index during fluid challenge in patients with septic shock?

Arterial pressure allows monitoring the changes in cardiac output induced by volume expansion but not by norepinephrine*

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Changes in pulse pressure following fluid loading: a comparison between aortic root (non-invasive tonometry) and femoral artery (invasive recordings)

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Peripheral vascular decoupling in porcine endotoxic shock

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When to recalibrate the PiCCO™? From a physiological point of view, the answer is simple

(2009) K. Bendjelid   ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Effects of changes in vascular tone on the agreement between pulse contour and transpulmonary thermodilution cardiac output measurements within an up to 6-hour calibration-free period*

(2009) Olfa Hamzaoui et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Dynamic changes in arterial waveform derived variables and fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: A systematic review of the literature*

(2009) Paul E. Marik et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Endotoxemia causes central downregulation of sympathetic vasomotor tone in healthy humans

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The pulmonary artery catheter: In medio virtus

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