Controversies

Pro/Con: Do We Really Need Monitors for Shock?

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Susan Stempek, PA-C, MMSc, MBA

  Dir. Advanced Practice
  Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, United States

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The pace of technological advance in critical care is astounding. A number of new and evolving technologies have been used to facilitate shock monitoring, some invasive, some using ultrasound, and others using new modalities. Yet, at times it seems that the use of these technologies supersedes a careful clinical examination and thoughtful use of biomarkers. This session is a pro/con debate about the role of multimodal monitoring, broadly construed as using any or all available technologies, compared with simpler and less expensive expedients, in the management of shock after the initial diagnosis.

Presentations:

• Pro: Multimodal Monitoring Is the Way to Go
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Brandon M. Wiley, MD, FASE, FACC – LAC+USC Medical Center
• Con: We Don't Need Monitors: Physical Examination and Some Blood Tests Are All You Need
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Sergio Zanotti-Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM – Sound Physicians