These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Use of hemodynamics to differentiate pathophysiologic causes of cardiogenic shock.
    Author: Daily EK.
    Journal: Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am; 1989 Sep; 1(3):589-602. PubMed ID: 2684244.
    Abstract:
    Although extensive myocardial damage is the major cause of pump failure and cardiogenic shock, certain other mechanical defects associated with myocardial infarction may precipitate a severe shock state associated with a poor prognosis. Early recognition and differentiation of the underlying pathology is essential for prompt, appropriate treatment to correct the underlying causative disorder and change the course of the cascading factors that eventually lead to the patient's death. Frequently, this requires the direct measurement and assessment of hemodynamic perameters obtained from intravascular catheters.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]