Position of pulmonary artery catheter pressure system
Position of pulmonary artery catheter pressure system
Two methods for referencing the pressure system to the phlebostatic axis are shown. The system can be referenced by placing the air-fluid interface of either the in-line stopcock or the stopcock on top of the transducer at the phlebostatic level.
Redrawn from Bridges, EJ, Woods, SL, Heart Lung 1993; 22:99.
