Open AccessCorrelations between pulmonary artery pressures and inferior vena cava collapsibility in critically ill surgical patients: An exploratory study
Author(s) -
Stanislaw P. Stawicki,
Thomas J. Papadimos,
David P. Bahner,
David C. Evans,
Christian Jones
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.195449
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , pulmonary artery catheter , pulmonary artery , cardiology , central venous pressure , hemodynamics , critically ill , anesthesia , cardiac output , blood pressure , heart rate
As pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use declines, search continues for reliable and readily accessible minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring alternatives. Although the correlation between inferior vena cava collapsibility index (IVC-CI) and central venous pressures (CVP) has been described previously, little information exists regarding the relationship between IVC-CI and pulmonary artery pressures (PAPs). The goal of this study is to bridge this important knowledge gap. We hypothesized that there would be an inverse correlation between IVC-CI and PAPs.