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Lack Of Effectiveness Of The Pulmonary Artery Catheter In Cardiac Surgery, Nanette Schwann
Lack Of Effectiveness Of The Pulmonary Artery Catheter In Cardiac Surgery, Nanette Schwann
Nanette M Schwann MD
Lack of effectiveness of the pulmonary artery catheter in cardiac surgery. Schwann NM, Hillel Z, Hoeft A, Barash P, Möhnle P, Miao Y, Mangano DT. Source Allentown Anesthesia Associates and the Leigh Valley Healthcare Network, Department of Anesthesiology, 1245 Cedar Crest Blvd., Suite 300, Allentown, PA 18103, USA. schwann@mac.com Abstract BACKGROUND: The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) continues to be used for monitoring of hemodynamics in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery despite concerns raised in other settings regarding both effectiveness and safety. Given the relative paucity of data regarding its use in CABG patients, and given entrenched practice …