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October 1, 2002Current Opinion in Critical Care

Heart rate variability in critical care medicine

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Why the study?

Does heart rate variability correlate with disease severity and outcome in critically ill patients?

Population

Patients with critical illness or injury

Design

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Authors

YGYi GangBeijing University of TechnologyMMMarek MalíkElectrophysiology

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Implication

Hypothesis-generating for HRV as a prognostic marker across critical illness; prospective validation needed before clinical adoption.

Structured PICO

Does heart rate variability correlate with disease severity and outcome in critically ill patients?

P
Population
Patients with critical illness or injury
I
Intervention
Assessment of heart rate variability (HRV)
O
Outcome
Disease severity and outcomesurrogate

Depressed heart rate variability in critically ill patients may serve as an indicator of disease severity and poor outcome.

Cite This Study

Gang et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a746c64a44b96c1f7dbd2achttps://doi.org/10.1097/00075198-200210000-00002
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