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Published in: Critical Care 3/2002

01-06-2003 | Commentary

Perioperative optimization and right heart catheterization: what technique in which patient?

Authors: Daniel De Backer, Jacques Creteur, Jean-Louis Vincent

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 3/2002

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Abstract

Recent years have seen the place of the pulmonary artery catheter in intensive care increasingly challenged, with one recent study reporting no difference in outcome in patients treated with or without a pulmonary artery catheter. However, this study has several methodological flaws and, although pulmonary artery catheterization should not be performed routinely on all patients, when used correctly by trained personnel in selected patients the pulmonary artery catheter continues to provide valuable information.
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Metadata
Title
Perioperative optimization and right heart catheterization: what technique in which patient?
Authors
Daniel De Backer
Jacques Creteur
Jean-Louis Vincent
Publication date
01-06-2003
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 3/2002
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2177

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