Agreements between mean arterial pressure from radial and femoral artery measurements in refractory shock patients.

ABSTRACT: Radial and femoral artery catheterization is the most common procedure for monitoring patients with shock. However, a disagreement in mean arterial pressure (MAP) between the two sites has been reported. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare the MAP from the radial artery (MAP_radial) with that of the femoral artery (MAP_femoral) in patients with refractory shock. A prospective study was conducted in the medical intensive care unit. The radial and femoral were simultaneously measured MAP in the patients every hour, for 24 h. In total, 706 paired data points were obtained from 32 patients. MAP_radial strongly correlated with MAP_femoral (r = 0.89, p < 0.0001). However, overall MAP_radial was significantly lower than MAP_femoral

SUBMITTER: Wisanusattra H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9133048 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature