This book part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine textbook series teaches
readers how to use hemodynamic monitoring an essential skill for today's intensivists. It
offers a valuable guide for beginners as well as for experienced intensivists who want to hone
their skills helping both groups detect an inadequacy of perfusion and make the right choices
to achieve the main goal of hemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill i.e. to correctly
assess the cardiovascular system and its response to tissue oxygen demands.The book is divided
into distinguished sections: from physiology to pathophysiology clinical assessment and
measurements and clinical practice achievements including techniques the basic goals in
clinical practice as well as the more appropriate hemodynamic therapy to be applied in
different conditions. All chapters use a learning-oriented style with practical examples key
points and take home messages helping readers quickly absorb the content and at the same time
apply what they have learned in the clinical setting.The European Society of Intensive Care
Medicine has developed the Lessons from the ICU series with the vision of providing focused and
state-of-the-art overviews of central topics in Intensive Care and optimal resources for
clinicians working in Intensive Care.
