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The Pulmonary Artery Catheter

Dr Gillian Crowe1†, Dr Carrie Murphy2, Dr Ian Conrick-Martin3

1Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 3Consultant Intensivist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Edited by: Dr Julia Weinkauf

†Corresponding author email: gcrowe@tcd.ie

Published November 7, 2023

Abstract

The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is a versatile monitoring device capable of measuring a wide array of haemodynamic parameters. This tutorial explores the basic physiology underpinning the PAC and it’s measurements, the structure of the PAC itself and a short summary of the evidence for their use.

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