Review Article
Haemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill: A Review
Table 1
Potential advantages and disadvantages of echocardiography versus invasive monitoring.
| | Echocardiography | Invasive haemodynamic monitoring |
| Invasiveness | TTE noninvasive TEE semi-invasive | PAC invasive arterial waveform analysis semi-invasive |
| Portability | Scanners easily moved to patient | Generally not portable |
| Use in acute care | Yes, also documented for ED | No |
| Diagnostic value | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring capability | Yes | Yes |
| User dependent | Very user dependent | Less user dependent, some methods require calibration |
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PAC: pulmonary artery catheter; TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; TEE: transoesophageal echocardiography.
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