Do pulmonary artery catheters improve outcomes in cardiac surgery?

4 months agoby David Hao, MD

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Episode 40

Dr. Taylor Thomas and Dr. Matt Vanneman join the podcast to discuss the evidence on whether pulmonary artery catheters improve outcomes in cardiac surgery.

Featured Guests

Dr. Taylor Thomas

Dual Obstetric & Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellow, MGH

Recent graduate of the MGH Anesthesia Residency Program, now completing dual fellowship training in obstetric and cardiothoracic anesthesia.

Dr. Matt Vanneman

Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine

Completed anesthesia residency and cardiothoracic fellowship at MGH, where he served as chief resident. Now faculty at Stanford.

This episode was produced as part of the Depth of Anesthesia Podcast Elective.

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The impact of pulmonary artery catheter use in cardiac surgery.
Brown JA, Aranda-Michel E, Kilic A, et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;164(6):1965–1973.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.086

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Association of pulmonary artery catheter with in-hospital outcomes after cardiac surgery in the US: National Inpatient Sample 1999–2019.
Beydoun HA, Beydoun MA, Eid SM, Zonderman AB.
Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):13541. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-40615-6

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Pulmonary artery catheter use and in-hospital outcomes in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Rong LQ, Luhmann G, Di Franco A, et al.
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2024;39(1):ivae129. doi:10.1093/icvts/ivae129

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Pulmonary artery catheter use and mortality in the cardiac intensive care unit.
Kadosh BS, Berg DD, Bohula EA, et al.
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