Monitoring of tissue perfusion is an essential step in the management of acute circulatory
failure. The presence of cellular dysfunction has been a basic component of shock definition …

Purpose Hand-held vital microscopes (HVMs) were introduced to observe sublingual
microcirculatory alterations at the bedside in different shock states in critically ill patients …

Microcirculatory dysfunction plays a key role in the pathogenesis of tissue dysoxia and
organ failure in sepsis. Sublingual videomicroscopy techniques enable the real-time non …

Microcirculation is a particular organ of the cardiovascular system. The goal of this narrative
review is a critical reappraisal of the present knowledge of microcirculation monitoring …

The clinical relevance of microcirculation and its bedside observation started gaining
importance in the 1990s since the introduction of hand-held video microscopes. From then …

Medical image quality is crucial to obtaining reliable diagnostics. Most quality controls rely
on routine tests using phantoms, which do not reflect closely the reality of images obtained …

Background Improving the reliability of handoffs and care transitions is an important goal for
many health care organizations. Increasing evidence shows that human-centered design …

Background Despite over a decade of research and technological advances, sublingual
microcirculatory monitoring has not yet reached clinical utility. Offline analysis is time …

Assuring adequate tissue oxygenation in the critically ill, but still developing child is
challenging. Conventional hemodynamic monitoring techniques fall short in assessing …

Introduction The microcirculation is the physiological site of oxygen and substrate exchange.
Its effectiveness during circulatory shock is vital for the perfusion of tissues, and has a …