PULMONARY ARTERY FLOW-DIRECTED CATHETER USE IN THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT

PULMONARY ARTERY FLOW-DIRECTED CATHETER USE IN THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT

Pulmonary artery flow-directed (Swan-Ganz) catheters permit continuous central hemodynamic monitoring of unstable patients. They provide important information about left ventricular function, because left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is reflected by measurement of the pulmonary capillary wedge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953) 1980-04, Vol.55 (4), p.507-510
Hauptverfasser: Berkowitz, Richard L, Rafferty, Terence D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Cardiac Catheterization
Eclampsia - physiopathology
Female
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:Pulmonary artery flow-directed (Swan-Ganz) catheters permit continuous central hemodynamic monitoring of unstable patients. They provide important information about left ventricular function, because left ventricular end-diastolic pressure is reflected by measurement of the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. Furthermore, thermodilution-tip models permit rapid determination of cardiac output. This report presents 3 different types of problems in obstetric patients in whom management was greatly facilitated by the use of Swan-Ganz catheters.
ISSN:0029-7844
1873-233X