… determine the possibility of replacement of venous blood gas (VBG) values by ABG values
in ICU wards admitted patients. Methods: In this study, 155 paired blood … means of blood gas …

… measurements, are user friendly and easy to use and require a very small sample volume
(usually blood… However, POCT testing has been introduced into modern Critical Care Medicine…

… the critical care setting for the assessment of volume status, right heart hemodynamic
parameters provide helpful pressure-related information but are not the equivalent of volume data …

… in the intensive care unit (… are macromolecules for which the vessel wall has a low
permeability, and proponents of colloids argue that less volume is required for equal plasma volume …

… The relationship between blood volume and the risk of complications. Both … can further
reduce tolerance to fluids, with increases in cardiac filling pressures. In intensive care medicine, …

… are in keeping with a retrospective study of direct plasma renin and ICU mortality ( 33 ).
Chung et al ( 34 ) recently reported that plasma … Here, we measured direct plasma renin rather …

… , we aimed at blood glucose levels between 6 and 10 mmol/l using intravenous insulin if
needed [23, 24]. We measured … We measured gastric residuals every 4–6 h; at 150–500 ml the …

… All patients were treated in three specialised liver intensive care units with SMT as outlined
… The mean plasma volume exchanged during the first session was 9.3 ± 1.3 L, 9.2 ± 1.2 L for …

… central blood volume is low. The variation of the inferior vena cava diameter measured by
… 60] and in a consensus conference of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine [61]. …

… not include population PK models, multiple samples of measured plasma concentrations
are required in order to describe an individual PK profile [65]. These programs …