PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION AND WEDGE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IN THE GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

1975 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
A. A. GILBERTSON
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
General Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheterization ◽  
Wedge Pressure

Increased risk associated with pulmonary artery catheterization in the medical intensive care unit

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve G Peters ◽  
Bekele Afessa ◽  
Paul A Decker ◽  
Darrell R Schroeder ◽  
Kenneth P Offord ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheterization ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Medical Intensive Care

Diagnostic Validity of Pulmonary Artery Catheterization for Residents at an Intensive Care Unit

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 902-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Staudinger ◽  
Gottfried Johannes Locker ◽  
Klaus Laczika ◽  
Sylvia Knapp ◽  
Heinz Burgmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Diagnostic Validity ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

2019 ◽  
pp. 879-882
Author(s):  
Philip E. Lowman
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheter ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheterization ◽  
Wedge Pressure

For years, the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC, better known as Swan-Ganz catheter) has been used largely to estimate and optimize hemodynamics according to the wedge pressure of the pulmonary artery. Its use dramatically declined after reports of complications and increased costs without benefit to patients. In the absence of reliable noninvasive devices, the catheter is used in severe cases and in cardiac surgery intensive care units.

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