Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
摘要
A 65-year-old male patient, a known case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cor-pulmonale, hypertension, and coronary artery disease with chronic congestive heart failure, was admitted to the ICU with right lower lobe pneumonia. He was in respiratory failure and shock. On the second day, he developed renal failure and azotemia. A pulmonary arterial catheter (PAC) was inserted.