Hemodynamic Monitoring Front Page

 

General Principles of Hemodynamic Monitoring

 

Waveforms

• Arterial

• Central Venous (Right Atrium)

• Right Ventricle

• Pulmonary Artery

• Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure

 

Arterial Lines

• Arterial Pressures

• Lithium Cardiac Outputs (LiCO)

 

Pulmonary Artery Catheters

• Central Venous Pressure (CVP)

• Right Ventricular Pressure

• Pulmonary Artery Pressure

• Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP)

• Thermodilution Cardiac Output

• SvO₂ monitoring

 

Computed Parameters

• Mean Arterial Pressure

• Cardiac Index

• Systemic Vascular Resistance

• Pulmonary Vascular Resistance

 

References:

Lehne, R.A. (2010). Review of hemodynamics.  In Pharmacology for nursing care (7th ed., pp. 460-465). St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier.

Morton, P.G., Fontaine, D.K., Hudak, C.M., & Gallo, B.M. (2005). Critical care nursing: A holistic approach (8th ed., pp. 269-289).  Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Urden, L.D., Stacy, K.M., & Lough, M.E. (2010).  Critical care nursing: Diagnosis and management (6th ed., pp. 323-363). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.

Wiegand, D.J.L., & Carlson, K.K. (2005). AACN procedure manual for critical care (5th ed.).  St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.