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Asystole during pulmonary artery catheter insertion under general anesthesia.

Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA.
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 01/2012; 16(1):41-3. DOI:10.4103/0972-5229.94434 pp.41-3
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ABSTRACT In spite of ongoing debate for the past 40 years, pulmonary artery catheters remain in use for invasive hemodynamic monitoring and management of critically ill patients. We describe a case of a sudden onset of asystolic cardiac arrest during the placement of a pulmonary artery catheter, while under general anesthesia. A brief review of the literature highlighting arrhythmic complications associated with pulmonary artery catheterization is also presented.

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Keywords

asystolic cardiac arrest
 
brief review
 
general anesthesia
 
invasive hemodynamic monitoring
 
literature highlighting arrhythmic complications
 
ongoing debate
 
pulmonary artery catheter
 
pulmonary artery catheterization
 
pulmonary artery catheters
 

Swapna Chaudhuri