A Case of Swan-Ganz Catheter Malposition: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2006.51.4.476
- Author:
Si Young OK
1
;
Sang Chul BAE
;
Hye Ha KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. syok2377@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
complications;
inferior phrenic vein;
malposition;
Swan-Ganz catheter
- MeSH:
Cardiac Output;
Catheters*;
Female;
Humans;
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic;
Liver Transplantation;
Middle Aged;
Pulmonary Artery;
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure;
Rupture;
Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2006;51(4):476-479
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A Swan-Ganz catheter is a useful monitoring device for measuring the pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and cardiac output, but its insertion brings about many complications, including dysrhythmias, pulmonary artery rupture, thrombosis and infection. We report here on a case of malposition of a Swan-Ganz catheter in a 49-year-old female patient who had undergone liver transplantation due to alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
