2025 HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING – FBRC 2.0 Hours

Hemodynamic monitoring plays a fundamental role in the management of acutely ill patients. During the last 25 years, the art of critical care medicine has greatly changed. This process has been due in part to the formation of specialized units for patient care, advances in technology, and a better understanding of physiology by health care practitioners.

As a result, more complete hemodynamic assessment could be carried out with relative ease at the patient’s bedside. With advanced technology comes the requirement of advanced clinicians. The critical care practitioner must be better educated in order to practice effectively. The goal of this article is to provide the practitioner with an expanded knowledge of basic hemodynamic principles.

OBJECTIVE:

• To provide some clarification, offering an objective review of the available monitoring systems, including their specific advantages and limitations
• To highlight some key principles underlying hemodynamic monitoring in critically ill patients.
• To briefly review the advantages and limitations of each system, and propose key principles to guide choice of monitoring system(s) in today’s acutely ill patients.