Simple method to monitor pulmonary artery pressure in infants after cardiac operations.
Intraoperative placement of catheters to monitor pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac output by oximetry can easily be accomplished under direct vision. The insertion through a saphenous vein cutdown assures a much safer removal, eliminating the risk of bleeding, tamponade, and catheter entrapment.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822-1343.
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D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*