Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring and Pulse Contour Analysis
Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring and Pulse Contour Analysis
Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring and Pulse Contour Analysis
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Complications of PAC<br />
• Catheter insertion is difficult in<br />
• smaller patients (5-10kg) <strong>and</strong><br />
• those with aberrant cardiopulmonary anatomy<br />
• Line-related complications<br />
• pneumothorax, bleeding or infections<br />
• Arrhythmias<br />
• benign <strong>and</strong> life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias <strong>and</strong> right bundle<br />
branch block<br />
• PA-related complications<br />
• rupture, infarction, thrombi, haemorrhage, vegetations.
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