It is time to pay attention to intra-abdominal pressure in the critically ill. It is also time for standardized IAP measurement methods, good consensus definitions and randomized interventional studies.
Both the Foley Manometer and the IAP monitor are reliable and reproducible methods to measure IAP in this in vitro model. The coefficient of variation for each technique is low and decreases with increasing IAP, the monitor giving more reproducible results than the Foley Manometer.
Initial experience with DES for PV stenosis suggests an excellent stent patency rate. Transesophageal echocardiography Doppler measurements provide a viable way of monitoring stent patency.
Correction of volumetric preload parameters by measures of ejection fraction improved the ability of these parameters to assess changes in preload over time in this heterogeneous group of critically ill patients.
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