Intensive Care, Right Ventricular Support and Lung Transplantation in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

ICU monitoring of patients with severe right-sided heart failure should include regular measurements of central venous pressure and S_cvO2.

Key warning signs of imminent death in patients with right-sided heart failure are a decline in S_cvO2 accompanied by an increase in lactate and a decline in urine output.

The use of right heart catheterisation or other devices to monitor haemodynamics and cardiac output should be considered in patients with severe right-sided heart failure and in complex situations.