Echocardiography is the most widely used hemodynamic monitoring method in Brazilian ICUs, but there is a need for better treatment protocols and continuing education.
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Supports improved protocol implementation and education in Brazilian ICUs; leaves open optimal monitoring strategies.
Hemodynamic monitoring has a greater availability in intensive care units of private institutions in Brazil. Echocardiography was the most used monitoring method, but the pulmonary artery catheter remains the most reliable. The implementation of treatment protocols and continuing education programs in hemodynamic monitoring in Brazil is still insufficient.
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Dias et al. (2014) studied this question.
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