Cruz ME, Hernández-Rojas ME

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Cardiac output measurements help intensivists make appropriate decisions regarding diagnosis and therapeutic strategies of the ICU patient. From 1970 the pulmonary artery catether (PAC) has been used as diagnostic tool to define hemodynamic profiles and the management of a great variety of conditions including shock, cardiac failure, renal failure, brain edema and ARDS in critically ill patients. The use of PAC provides hemodynamic information that cannot be supplied by clinical diagnosis alone.

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