title: Advanced practice organ procurement techniques: placement of pulmonary artery catheters.
abstract: Insertion of pulmonary artery catheters by organ procurement coordinators may be incorporated into donor management to optimize organ perfusion. As invasive procedures are added to coordinator roles, the organ procurement organization must include didactic instruction and supervised clinical experience as part of any training program. Policies and procedures guiding the use of the pulmonary artery catheter and the measurements obtained must be provided by the organization to guide practitioners. This article focuses on methods for insertion and basic troubleshooting of a pulmonary artery catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, USA.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Powner
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008283:Maintenance; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000379:methods; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014655:Vascular Resistance