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Use of Balloon-Tipped Catheters in the Critically Ill Child

Kenneth M. Weesner

Section of Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Albert P. Rocchini

Section of Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Amnon Rosenthal

Section of Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

A retrospective study of our experience in the placement of 19 consecutive balloon-tipped catheters in the pulmonary artery of 18 children disclosed that the procedure can be performed with relative ease in the intensive care unit without the aid of fluoroscopy. Insertion of the catheters was not associated with any serious complications. Catheter malfunction, however, occurred in 9 of 18 patients: balloon rupture in 6 and clot formation in 3. Comparison of pulmonary capillary pressure through a balloon-tipped catheter and venous pressure through a central venous line indicates that, in the absence of significant pulmonary disease requiring high positive end expiratory pressure, or significant left heart dysfunction, a central venous pressure line is frequently adequate for monitoring right heart pressures and as a guidance to fluid therapy.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 21, No. 3, 146-149 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288202100302
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