Objectives: During circulatory failure, the ultimate goal of treatments that increase cardiac
output is to reduce tissue hypoxia. This can only occur if oxygen consumption depends on …

Objective: Acute respiratory distress syndrome might be associated with an increase in
extravascular lung water index and pulmonary vascular permeability index, which can be …

Rationale: The effects of prone positioning during acute respiratory distress syndrome on all
the components of cardiac function have not been investigated under protective ventilation …

Introduction We wanted to determine the number of cold bolus injections that are necessary
for achieving an acceptable level of precision for measuring cardiac index (CI), indexed …

Objectives: Norepinephrine exerts venoconstriction that could increase both the mean
systemic pressure and the resistance to venous return, but this has not yet been investigated in …

Venous return is the flow of blood from the systemic venous network towards the right heart.
At steady state, venous return equals cardiac output, as the venous and arterial systems …

Introduction The objective was to compare the impact of three assistance levels of different
modes of mechanical ventilation; neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), proportional …

Sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction is a frequent and severe complication of septic shock.
The mechanisms responsible for its development are complex and intricate. …

Objective: A 15-second end-expiratory occlusion increases cardiac preload and allows
detection of preload dependence. We tested whether the reliability of this test depends upon …

Objectives: Thyroid storm represents a rare but life-threatening endocrine emergency. Only
rare data are available on its management and the outcome of the most severe forms …