An intensivist on a learning frenzy. Caring for the critically ill using evidence-based medicine.
Mortality for patients in cardiogenic shock is finally improving to be less than 50%. It had been hovering at 50% for decades. Would floating a Swan Ganz catheter, also known as a Pulmonary Artery Catheter improve outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock? The ESCAPE trial took the winds out of the sails of the Swan-Ganz enthusiasts in …
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I have covered many things resuscitation and fluid responsiveness thus far on this page. Fluid responsiveness has been defined as a patient given either a certain amount of fluid or a passive leg raise to assess how that will increase the cardiac output/index or stroke volume. This post will be about stroke volume variation (SVV) …
