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Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care

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The English word monitor is a derivative of the Latin verb monere, which means “to warn.” Ideally, patients are monitored to provide advanced warning of impending deterioration in the status of one or more organ systems so that appropriate steps can be taken in a timely way to prevent or ameliorate the physiological derangement. In practice, physiological monitoring is used for this purpose, but it also is carried out for other reasons, including titration of therapeutic interventions, diagnostic evaluation, and prognostication.

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    Jeffrey A. Norton MD (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief) (Professor and Vice-Chairman of Surgery, Chief)

  3. Division of General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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