**Introduction**

**Chapter 1**

Provisional chapter

**Introductory Chapter: Hemodynamic Management.**

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Technology progress has given us the opportunity to monitor almost every aspect of the cardiovascular system down to the level of tissue microcirculation. However, the choice of the right tool is often a challenge, depending both on institutional capabilities (availability of the device) and on operator training. The present chapter consists a short literature review about the subject. It is more than three centuries that Reverend Stephen Hales have made the first invasive measurement of blood pressure and cardiac output [1]. During that time, there has been a tremendous progress both in hemodynamics physiology and pathophysiology understanding and in modes of cardiovascular monitoring. Today, it is considered basic and essential knowledge for every physician. The paradox: the more we know about cardiovascular circulation, the more we understand our ignorance. The present chapter focuses on some of the problems

Current technology provides us with a vast range of tools for hemodynamic evaluation. Yet, whether it uses an invasive technique or not, performs one or more calculations provides with discrete or continuous data, seem to have minor importance. As any tool, we need to know its limitations and choose carefully. Vincent et al. [2] attempted to suggest the key principles of

2. Monitoring requirements may very over time. Moreover, the highly depend on the avail-

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**The Problem of Monitoring Choice**

Problem of Monitoring Choice

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encountered during hemodynamic monitoring.

hemodynamic monitoring. The most important of them:

ability of the devices and the training of the operators.

1. No hemodynamic monitoring technique can improve outcome by itself.

2. Describing the challenges

Theodoros Aslanidis

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1. Introduction

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