[A unique case of pulmonary artery catheter bleeding from the oximetry connection port]

Suman Rajagopalan; Raja R Palvadi

doi:10.1016/j.bjan.2014.05.003

[A unique case of pulmonary artery catheter bleeding from the oximetry connection port]

Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2014 Nov-Dec;64(6):443-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjan.2014.05.003. Epub 2014 Aug 19.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

Suman Rajagopalan¹, Raja R Palvadi²

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Anestesiologia, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, EUA. Electronic address: srajagop@bcm.edu.
² Departamento de Anestesiologia, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, EUA.

PMID: 25437703
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjan.2014.05.003

Abstract

Pulmonary artery catheter is an invasive monitor usually placed in high-risk cardiac surgical patients to optimize the cardiac functions. We present this case of blood oozing from the oximetry connection port of the pulmonary artery catheter that resulted in the inability to monitor continuous cardiac output requiring replacement of the catheter. The cause of this abnormal bleeding was later confirmed to be due to a manufacturing defect.

Keywords: Bleeding; Cateter de artéria pulmonar; Oximetry port; Porta/Oximetria; Pulmonary artery catheter; Sangramento.

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