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Table 4 Implemented extended monitoring clustered per primary diagnosis and need for treatment with vasoactive agents or mechanical ventilation

From: Practice of hemodynamic monitoring and management in German, Austrian, and Swiss intensive care units: the multicenter cross-sectional ICU-CardioMan Study

Implemented monitoring

Primary diagnosis

Vasoactive agents

Mechanical ventilation

Medical

Neuro

Surgery

Cardiac surgery

n = 504 (%)

n = 144 (%)

n = 690 (%)

n = 451 (%)

n = 702 (%)

n = 874 (%)

Basic

96.2

98.6

97.8

99.1

98.9

99.3

Basic plus central venous and/or arterial line

85.3

79.2

85.2

94.2

98.6

96.1

Extended

38.5

24.3

21.7

38.4

45.3

39.6

Cardiac output

12.3

4.2

10.3

17.8

24.2

20.8

 Pressure-based preload parameters

44.4

37.5

51.6

79.2

74.4

69.5

 Volumetric preload parameters

17.5

4.2

9.3

13.1

21.3

17.3

 Dynamic preload parameters

9.3

5.5

9.7

7.3

16.5

14.9

 Microcirculation

3.2

0.7

0.3

3.6

3.8

3.2