par Naeije, Robert
Référence Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine (Second Edition), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, page (65-68)
Publication Publié, 2009
Partie d'ouvrage collectif
Résumé : Almost 20 years ago, Adriaan Versprille published an editorial in this journal to explain why, in his opinion, the calculation of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is meaningless [1]. The uncertainties of PVR were underscored a year later by McGregor and Sniderman in the American Journal of Cardiology [2]. Obviously, both papers failed to convince. A Medline search from 1985 to the end of 2002 reveals no less than 7,158 papers with PVR calculations. What is it that could be wrong in all this literature? © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.