Key result
Four-lumen Swan-Ganz catheter enables precise invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the postanesthesia recovery room.
Why the study?
Invasive techniques with flow-directed pulmonary artery catheters allow precise cardiovascular monitoring beyond traditional noninvasive methods.
May aid precise PACU monitoring; leaves open comparative outcomes versus noninvasive standards.
onitoring of the cardiovascular system is one of the most impor-M tant functions of the registered nurse working in the postanesthesia recovery room.Noninvasive techniques (blood pressure and pulse readings and electrocardiograph tracings) have traditionally provided information.Now, however, invasive techniques with flow-directed pulmonary artery catheters allow precise monitoring.Such a catheter is the four lumen Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheter introduced about three years ago and used increasingly today (Fig 1).It enables monitoring of both right atrial pressure (RAP), or central venous pressure ------Proximal lumen + . . .-1 her m is t or connection for Cardiac Output Computer Termination of distal lumen ------: , 200
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Etling et al. (1976) reported a review. Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheter was evaluated. The four-lumen Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheter enables precise invasive monitoring of the cardiovascular system, including right atrial pressure, in the postanesthesia recovery room.
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