Abstract
The clinical assessment of a patient’s volume status using physical examination and vital signs is often misleading. Bedside patient examination is only 30–50% accurate and clinical tests for assessing hypovolemia suffer from excessive observer bias and variability as well as poor reproducibility, interobserver agreement and sensitivity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative Setting |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 82-90 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780511733253 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781107000988 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)