Heparin-filled polyethylene catheters (PE-50 and PE-10) were inserted into the carotid artery for blood sampling and pressure monitoring with a pressure transducer unit (AP-641G; Nihon Kohden) and into the jugular vein for administration of drugs.
Retrospective case series study of patients with persistent CSF leak referred to the hydrocephalus service in our unit for intracranial pressure monitoring.
This included admission to the cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit, continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring, central venous access for antihypertensive medication, and urine output monitoring.
Patients admitted to the CSF disorders unit for continuous spinal fluid pressure monitoring were selected for analysis.
These episodes continued, and thus on the fifth day after admission he was transferred to the intensive care unit to receive continuous blood pressure monitoring and control through an intravenous labetalol infusion.
Our data show that technical requirements for basic hemodynamic monitoring, i.e., ECG, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring, and pulse oximetry, were given on all units.
Invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring is a common practice in intensive care units (ICUs).
VADs also include peripheral arterial catheters (PAC) used predominantly in the operating theatre and critical care units to provide continuous blood pressure monitoring and access for repeated blood sampling.
The catheter was connected via the pressure transducer (YPJ01 Pressure Transducer, physiological experiment system, Chengdu Instruments, Sichuan, China) to a multichannel data-recording unit (RM6240C, physiological experiment system, Chengdu Instruments) for continuous pressure monitoring and recording.
The equipment in the unit should include continuous ECG monitoring, beat-to-beat blood pressure monitoring, tilt-tables, Holter monitors, external and internal loop recorders, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitors, and autonomic function tests.
