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The ten principles behind arterial pressure

Authors: Andrea Morelli, Daniel De Backer

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2018

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Arterial pressure is a fundamental measure of patient’s cardiovascular status, but assessment of the values must be interpreted also taking into account its relationship to cardiac output [1]. …

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Title: The ten principles behind arterial pressure
Authors: Andrea Morelli
Daniel De Backer
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4888-8

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