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Table 2 Main reasons for not monitoring cardiac output?

From: Hemodynamic monitoring and management in patients undergoing high risk surgery: a survey among North American and European anesthesiologists

 

ASA Respondents (n = 157)

ESA Respondents (n = 142)

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Percent

I use dynamic parameters of fluid responsiveness (Pulse Pressure Variations, Systolic Pressure Variations, Plethysmographic Waveform Variations) as surrogates for cardiac output monitoring

54.1%

60.6%

Available cardiac output monitoring solutions are too invasive

48.4%

26.8%

Cardiac output monitoring does not provide any additional clinically relevant information in this setting

24.2%

14.1%

I use SvO2 and/or ScVO2 as surrogates for cardiac output monitoring

13.4%

26.1%

Available cardiac output monitoring solutions are unreliable

8.3%

15.5%

  1. ASA, American society of anesthesiology respondents; ESA, European society of anaesthesiology respondents.