TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pulmonary Artery Catheterization A1 - Alba Yunen, Rafael A1 - Oropello, John M. A2 - Oropello, John M. A2 - Pastores, Stephen M. A2 - Kvetan, Vladimir PY - 1 T2 - Critical Care AB - KEY POINTSThere is a core of accurate and reliable hemodynamic information obtained from the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) not readily available from any other single device.The most reliable pressure measurements obtained from the PAC are continuous pulmonary artery systolic and diastolic pressures; the least reliable is the pulmonary artery occlusion (or “wedge”) pressure.Holding rapid fluid infusions via the introducer and proximal PAC ports and turning off the inflation of sequential compression devices (SCDs) improves the accuracy of thermodilution cardiac output (CO).Svo2 does not correlate with CO in critically ill patients; increases in the P[v-a]co2 gradient are inversely proportional to the CO.Information from any hemodynamic monitor must be interpreted in the context of the clinical situation (eg, diagnoses, physical examination, laboratory, radiologic), the treatment goal, and the response to treatment. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136420166 ER -