The pulmonary artery catheter: in medio virtus.

In Medio Stat Virtus: An Alternative View of Usury in Adam Smith’s Thinking

Unusual Migration of the Distal Catheter of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt into the Vagina

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is one of the most common pediatric neurosurgical procedures. It has various complications that may have serious consequences such as shunt dysfunction, and unusual migration. Although, migration of shunt catheter to bladder, heart, umbilicus, rectum, pulmonary artery, and stomach has been reported, migration to vagina is a rare one.In this report we present a 16...

Unexpected Collection of Pulmonary Venous Blood from a Pulmonary Artery Catheter: A Case Report

BACKGROUND Pressure and waveform at the catheter tip are continuously monitored during catheterization of pulmonary artery to ensure accurate catheter placement. We present a case in which pulmonary venous blood was unexpectedly collected from the pulmonary artery catheter despite pulmonary artery pressure and waveform detection at the catheter tip, and describe the measures taken to correct th...

C Current use of the pulmonary artery catheter Greenberg

Current Opinion in Critical Care 2009, 15:249–253 Purpose of review The pulmonary artery catheter is one of the most scrutinized monitors used in intensive care today. Pulmonary artery catheter use is declining due to limited demonstrated beneficial outcomes and the advancement of less invasive monitoring. This study discusses the current use of the pulmonary artery catheter and problems associ...

Pulmonary artery rupture by the Swan-Ganz catheter: case report.

Pulmonary artery catheter is frequently used to monitor patients during liver transplantation. Recently developed less invasive methods for estimating cardiac output and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure together with the failure of randomized studies to demonstrate reduced mortality in pulmonary artery catheter-monitored patients, has restricted its applicability. Pulmonary artery rupture by ...