title: Complications of hemodynamic monitoring.
abstract: The uses of the pulmonary artery catheter have been expanded from its original use, helping to assess the cardiac output and left ventricular filling pressure of patients with cardiac disease, to include the management of patients with trauma, septic shock, respiratory failure, and those undergoing high-risk surgeries. Although more than 1 million pulmonary artery catheters are inserted each year in the United States, clear evidence establishing that they improve outcome remains hard to find. This article discusses the complications of invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012421:Rupture; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology*