GE CARESCAPE - PA catheter insertion; Selecting the PA catheter insertion mode; Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) measurement

Invasivepressures
4.YoucansavethesecursorsbyselectingSave.
Thiswillrestartthewaveforms.Ifyoudonotwanttosavethecursors,select
RestartWaveforms.
NOTE
YoucanalsousetheOptimizeScalefunctionintheinvasive
pressureSetupmenutosetthescaleformanualSVP
measurement.
PAcatheterinsertion
ThecatheterinsertionmodeoptimizesandenlargesthePAwaveformeldduring
SWAN-GANZthermodilutioncatheterinsertion.Waveformsdisplayatarateof12.5
mm/sandappearinthefollowingdisplayorder:ECG1,Art,CVP,PA.
Thearterialpriorityorderis:Art,ABP,Fem,orUAC.
SelectingthePAcatheterinsertionmode
1.SelectthePAinvasivepressureparameterwindow.
2.SelectZerotozerotheinvasivepressurechannel.
3.SelectCatheterInsertion.
ThepressurescalesettingsintheCatheterInsertionwindowfollowthescale
settingsintheSetupmenu.
4.Selecttheprocedure:
●TostartanSvO
2
procedure,selectSvO2.
●Tostartapulmonarycapillarywedgepressureprocedure,selectWedge.
●Tostartacardiacoutputprocedure,selectC.O.
IntheCatheterInsertionmenu,youcanalsofreezeorrestartthewaveforms,and
printthem:
●Tofreezethemovingwaveforms,selectFreezeWaveforms.Atanytime,select
RestartWaveformstorestartthewaveforms.
●Toprintthecatheterinsertionwaveforms,selectPrintWaveforms.Atanytime,
selectStopPrintingorCancelPrintingtostopprintingthewaveforms.
Pulmonarycapillarywedgepressure(PCWP)
measurement
YoucanobtainaPAwedgemeasurement(PCWP)manuallyorwiththeautomated
wedgeprogram.Themanualmeasurementmodeallowsyoutomanuallydetermine
thePCWPvalue.Theautomatedwedgeprogramdisplayson-screenmessagesto
inateordeatethecatheterballoon.Ineithermode,thewedgealgorithmthen
determinesthePCWPvalue.Youcanconrmthisvalueoradjustthemeasurement
withtheprovidedcursor.
NOTE
E-modulesalwaysusetheautomatedwedgeprogramto
determinethePCWPvalue.
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