Intensive care unit (ICU) monitoring of patients with right-sided heart failure
| Tools | Information provided |
| Basic ICU monitoring | Heart rate and rhythm |
| Blood pressure (non-invasive or invasive) | |
| Body temperature | |
| Peripheral oxygen saturation or arterial blood gases | |
| Urine output, changes in body weight | |
| Central venous catheter | Central venous pressure |
| Central venous oxygen saturation | |
| Laboratory values | Cardiac biomarkers (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide/brain natriuretic peptide, troponin) |
| Electrolytes and renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid) | |
| Liver function (aminotransferases, bilirubin) | |
| Inflammation/infection (C-reactive protein, procalcitonin) | |
| Tissue damage or hypoxia (blood gases, lactate) | |
| Echocardiography | Right and left ventricle function, valve function, pericardial effusion |
| Rule out other conditions mimicking right ventricular failure, such as pericardial tamponade | |
| Right heart catheterisation (facultative) | Comprehensive haemodynamic assessment To be considered in severe or complex situations |