PiCCO ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK

All the patients underwent to invasive hemodynamic monitoring through the transpulmonary thermodilution technique (PiCCO, PULSION medical system. Gettinge; Solna, Sweden). Briefly, the technique consists in the administration of a cold saline bolus in superior vena cava while monitoring the corresponding temperature variation through a femoral arterial catheter equipped with a tip thermistor. Accordingly, a 5 French catheter equipped with a tip thermistor was inserted into the femoral artery.