Intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring in the neonate.
The advent of intra-arterial pressure monitoring has had a significant impact on the nursing care given in the neonatal intensive care unit. The nurse working in these units must become technically competent in monitoring techniques as well as clinically acute to physiologic measurements and their significance. These skills can be incorporated into planning and providing effective, individualized patient care. Continuous intra-arterial pressure monitoring is an invaluable clinical tool when caring for critically ill neonates. With care, an intra-arterial monitoring system can be easily prepared. This procedure requires minimal nursing time for care and maintenance and is a very safe procedure if appropriate nursing precautions are followed.
D001158:Arteries; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012306:Risk