Bleeding from thermistor connector indicates entrapment of pulmonary artery catheter

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2012-02-12
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Severalcomplicationsofinsertionanduseofpulmonaryarterycatheter(PAC),includingcatheterentrapment,arerecognizedduringoraftercardiacsurgery.Earlydetectionisveryimportant.WereportacaseofPACentrapmentbecausethethecatheterwasaccidentallysuturedtothesuperiorvenacava.Bleedingfromthethermistorconnectorwasinitiallydetectedaftersurgerybecausetheneedlepuncturedthelumenofthermistorconnector.ThePACwasremovedthroughre-exploration.Therefore,bleedingfromthethermistorconnectorcouldearlyindicatethePACentrapment.Wesuggestthatabnormalbleedingfromthenon-injectatelumenportsofPACshouldbecheckedbeforesternalclosure.