Nursing practices and attitudes towards mean arterial pressure management in critically ill patients receiving vasopressors: A multicentre survey study
Liberal upper alarm limits set 15-20 mmHg above prescribed MAP targets, combined with brief tolerance for subtarget values, create asymmetric management practices that systematically enable upward MAP drift and explain the persistent gap between prescribed and achieved targets.
Authors
- Jonathan Nübel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-8931)
- Alessandro Caroli
- Rahul Costa-Pinto
- Ary Serpa Neto
- Stephanie Hunter
- Kyle C. White
- Paul J. Young
Institutions
- Austin Hospital (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (NZ)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Critical Care
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101554
- Primary Topic
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00