| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 16
| Issue : 1 | Page : 41--43 |
Asystole during pulmonary artery catheter insertion under general anesthesia
Swapna Chaudhuri1, Deborah Ortega2, Kallol Chaudhuri1
1 Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, USA
Correspondence Address:
Swapna Chaudhuri
Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
USA
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.94434
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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