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CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Pulmonary haemorrhage after PAOP measurement

OVERVIEW a life threatening time-critical emergency pulmonary artery rupture caused by inflation of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) balloon during ‘wedging’ (measurement of the pulmonary artery occlusion pressure) some experts advise against measuring PAWP because of the risk of pulmonary…