Materials and methods: Cardiac index (CI) was determined simultaneously using esCCO
(CIesCCO) and TEE (CITEE) as our reference method 1) in 11 pediatric kidney transplant …

Background: Neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery tend to receive high volumes
of blood products. The use of rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM®) has been shown to …

Purpose Cardiac output (CO), the product of stroke volume (SV) and heart rate, is essential
to guarantee organ perfusion, especially in the intensive care setting. As invasive …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is diagnosed using cardiac catheterization and is defined as
an elevation of mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) greater than 25 mmHg. Although …

Hemodynamic optimization of surgical patients during the perioperative period aims to
improve outcomes. This is frequently referred to as goaldirected therapy (GDT), a term that …

OBJECTIVES Aortic stiffness is an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The
predictive value of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) for quality of life (QoL) and severity of …

PURPOSE: The ability of the global end-diastolic volume index (GEDVI) and respiratory
variations in left ventricular outflow tract velocity (ΔVTILVOT) for prediction of fluid …

It is a fact of life: implementation of something new, anything new at all, on the work floor is
challenging. Even when your new protocol is as evidence based as a new protocol can be …

Objective: To predict fluid responsiveness by noninvasive methods in a pediatric critical care
population. Design: Prospective observational clinical trial. Setting: PICU in a tertiary care …

Background Early goal-directed therapy refers to the use of predefined hemodynamic goals
to optimize tissue oxygen delivery in critically ill patients. Its application in high-risk …