title: A technique of chronic intravascular catheterization for monitoring haemodynamic and laboratory values in conscious swine.
abstract: In human and small animal intensive care medicine percutaneous sheath introducer (PSI) sets are commonly used for repeated insertion of an arterial or a venous catheter with only one vascular puncture. We used PSI for chronic catheterization of swine with a Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheter via a surgically exposed external jugular vein. In this way we were able to change defective catheters or correct the position of the catheter tip without renewed surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Forschung, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haberstroh
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mand
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lücke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: von Specht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000662:veterinary*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine