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Get the Best Out of the ECG: Monitoring the Central Blood Volume During Anesthesia

  • Open or CloseSecher NH*

    Department of Anesthesia, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    *Corresponding author:Secher NH, Department of Anesthesia, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Submission: January 21, 2020;Published: February 06, 2020

Abstract

Evaluation of the circulation during anesthesia typically includes monitoring of heart rate (HR) from the ECG and non-invasive determination of blood pressure. Also, there is an accurate recording of the balance between fluids lost (often urine and the blood loss) vs. the amount of I.V. fluid and eventual blood products administered. Yet this means to assess cardiovascular control during anesthesia has been criticized for two reasons.

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