AACN Practice Alert: Pulmonary Artery/Central Venous Pressure Monitoring in Adults

Symposium Fiftieth Anniversary of the Swan-Ganz Catheter: From then Until Now| March 15 2020 AACN Practice Alert: Pulmonary Artery/Central Venous Pressure Monitoring in Adults AACN Adv Crit Care (2020) 31 (1): 41–48. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2020328 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation AACN Practice Alert: Pulmonary Artery/Central Venous Pressure Monitoring in Adults. AACN Adv Crit Care 15 March 2020; 31 (1): 41–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2020328 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAACN Advanced Critical Care Search Advanced Search Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP), and central venous pressure (CVP) may aid in the differential diagnosis in pulmonary hypertension1–4 and may be beneficial in complex shock states.5 Less invasive hemodynamic methods, in conjunction with the patient’s medical history, may also be useful in the differential diagnosis of cardiogenic shock.6 The appropriate use of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC)–guided therapy is associated with decreased mortality in patients with refractory heart failure/cardiogenic shock7 but is not associated with improved outcomes in patients with less severe heart failure. In trauma patients, PAC-guided therapy may benefit older, more severely injured patients, but use of a PAC is not associated with improved outcomes in other trauma populations.8,9 Use of a PAC is not associated with improved outcomes in other populations, including high-risk cardiothoracic surgery10 and general intensive care unit (ICU) patients, although... You do not currently have access to this content.