Challenging ICU dogmas: a new perspective on venous congestion and preload dependency

Pierre-Grégoire Guinot^{1

2}, Dan Longrois³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, 21000, Dijon, France. guinotpierregregoire@gmail.com.
² University of Burgundy, LNC UMR1231, 21000, Dijon, France. guinotpierregregoire@gmail.com.
³ Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Bichat Claude-Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris - Nord, University of Paris, INSERM U1148, Paris, France.

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Pierre-Grégoire Guinot et al. Crit Care. 2024.

. 2024 May 17;28(1):167.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-024-04897-0.

Pierre-Grégoire Guinot^{1

2}, Dan Longrois³

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, 21000, Dijon, France. guinotpierregregoire@gmail.com.
² University of Burgundy, LNC UMR1231, 21000, Dijon, France. guinotpierregregoire@gmail.com.
³ Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Bichat Claude-Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris - Nord, University of Paris, INSERM U1148, Paris, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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