ECMO Troubleshooting
ECMO Troubleshooting: Approach to problems specific to patients requiring ECMO therapy
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…