CHECK THESE SAMPLES OF The Significance Of The Pulmonary Artery Catheter In Cardiac Surgery
Article Critique/S Article 1: Sharma, J, Bhise, M, Singh, A et al (2005) Hemodynamic Measurements after Cardiac Surgery: Transesophageal Doppler Versus pulmonary artery catheter The aim and intention of this particular study are absolutely clear as the authors intended to compare the traditional, established mode of hemodynamic measurements' in post cardiac surgical care patients i.... hellip; through insertion of pulmonary artery catheter, considered an invasive procedure, to that of the modern, non-invasive, transesophageal Doppler technique, being recommended these days....
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In 1947, Louis Dexter expanded the clinical use of right heart catheterization with studies in patients with congenital heart disease and identified the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure as a useful clinical measurement.... cardiac catheterization has evolved over the years without any major changes in the basic procedure.... If we look at other surgical procedures they have evolved into completely different procedure over the time but cardiac catheterization has not changed a lot and that shows how strong the principles of this procedure are....
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The pericardium is not very distensible, and therefore it strongly resists a large, rapid increase in cardiac size.... etween the atria, ventricles and great blood vessels arising from the heart (aorta and pulmonary artery) are valves, which are made up of cusps or leaflets to prevent backflow of blood, ensuring a one-way conduit of blood through the chambers and to the pulmonary and systemic circulation.... surgery is indicated in many of the cases in order to repair or replace the diseased valve....
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The chances of survival post the cardinal surgery has been increased to 95% now.... It is the fourth most common type of congenital cardiac defect.... HLHS is characterized by a multiple abnormalities related to heart including steosis or atresia of ventricular inflow and outflow tracts of both the left side (Report of the New England Regional Infant cardiac Program, 1980).... The two treatments of the congenital heart being currently offered are either multi stages surgical palliation or the orthotopic cardiac transplantation....
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(1988) Experience With the Preoperative Invasive Measurement of Haemodynamic, Respiratory and Renal Function in 100 Elderly Patients Scxheduled for Major Abdominal surgery, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Western General Hospital, Melbourne,… Sajid, M.... (2009) The role of perioperative warming in surgery: a systematic review, Sao Paulo Medical Journal, Revista Paulista de Medicina, 127 (4): [SIR], (2010) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Treatment Options - Interventional Radiologists Treat Abdominal Aneurysms Nonsurgically, Society of Interventional Radiology: http://www....
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The PAC is a monitoring device that is still mainly utilized in cardiac surgery to monitor the pressure in the right side of the heart and pulmonary artery.... Though PAC is extensively used in cardiac anaesthesia, its use had always incited controversy.... Conversely, Kanchi (2011) revealed that the researchers who count the disadvantages of PAC actually use it in Intensive Care units so if PAC is used in cardiac operating rooms then the advantages outweigh the limitations....
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cardiac arrest can start with a fast ventricular tachycardia and degenerate into ventricular fibrillation.... Recovery from cardiac arrest is possible only if the heartbeat and circulation are restored by cardiac massage within a few minutes of its occurrence.... cardiac arrest occurs in adults mostly due to pre-existing cardiac disease, especially coronary artery disease.... Other reasons which can trigger a cardiac arrest are a circulatory shock due to trauma, drug overdose or toxicity, pulmonary embolism, and other metabolic disturbances....
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Doctors find the need of maintaining CVP while adjusting cardiac preload, The care management of an adult patient with central venous lineIntroductionManagement of Central venous pressure is essential in treating the patients with septic shock.... Doctors find the need of maintaining CVP while adjusting cardiac preload, contractility, after-load to balance systemic oxygen delivery on demand.... Relationship with Arterial Blood Pressure: The Arterial Blood Pressure is dependent on the product of cardiac output and peripheral resistance....
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