The Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critical Care

Download or read book The Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critical Care written by C. Perret and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-03-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides in condensed form all the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the safe and effective use of the Swan-Ganz catheter in pulmonary artery catheterisation. It covers in detail the technical and practical aspects of insertion of the catheter, is withdrawal and the procedures for the various measurements of pressure, blood gases, cardiac output and blood cytology. There is also a section on the pathophysiologial background, a compendium of characteristic haemodynamic profiles in specific conditions and a discussion of the strategy for interpretation of the results obtained. Finally there follows a section consisting of case studies which shed further light on the practical use of this important technique.