Background Organ congestion is a mediator of adverse outcomes in critically ill patients.
Point-Of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely available and could enable clinicians to detect …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is associated with adverse
outcomes. Venous congestion can impair kidney function, but few tools are available to …

Background Fluid overload is deleterious in critically ill patients. It can lead to venous
congestion, thereby increasing venous pressure, theoretically increasing the backpressure …

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a cause of increased morbidity and mortality in both
cardiac surgery and noncardiac surgery and in the intensive care unit. Early diagnosis of this …

The approach to the patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery involves
multiple aspects. These include the rapid recognition of reversible causes, the accurate …

Background Right ventricular failure after cardiac surgery is associated with morbidity and
mortality. Right ventricular dysfunction results in hepatic venous congestion, which impacts …

The systemic venous side of the circulation has long been forgotten as an important
component of the circulatory system. The concept of preload responsiveness justified …

Objective Venous congestion is a possible mechanism leading to acute kidney injury (AKI)
following cardiac surgery. Portal vein flow pulsatility is an echographic marker of cardiogenic …

Background Venous congestion might lead to congestive encephalopathy after cardiac
surgery. However, objective signs of congestion have yet to be associated with delirium …

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are
major complications in cardiac surgery. Intraoperative management of patients at high risk of …