October 1, 2011Current Opinion in Critical Care
Pulmonary hypertension in critical care
Population
Patients with pulmonary hypertension in critical care
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Expert consensus guides ICU pulmonary hypertension management; leaves open the need for RCTs to validate monitoring and therapies.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with pulmonary hypertension in critical care
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Intervention
Diagnostic and monitoring tools (echocardiography, pulmonary artery catheter) and pharmacological therapies (calcium sensitizers, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors)
This review highlights contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, including calcium sensitizers and PDE5 inhibitors, for managing pulmonary hypertension in critically ill patients.
Cite This Study
Gayat et al. (2011) studied this question.