Biomaterial Database

Pulmonary damage from a Swan-Ganz catheter. 1975

M P Colvin, and T M Savege, and C T Lewis

A patient developed pulmonary damage following the insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter into the pulmonary artery. Suggestions are made on how to avoid this complication.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D008297	Male		Males
D011651	Pulmonary Artery	The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.	Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D002404	Catheterization	Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions.	Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D055370	Lung Injury	Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.	E-Cigarette Use-Associated Lung Injury,E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury,EVALI,Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury,Chronic Lung Injury,Lung Injuries,Pulmonary Injury,Chronic Lung Injuries,E Cigarette Use Associated Lung Injury,E Cigarette or Vaping Product Use Associated Lung Injury,EVALIs,Injuries, Lung,Injuries, Pulmonary,Injury, Lung,Injury, Pulmonary,Lung Injuries, Chronic,Lung Injury, Chronic,Pulmonary Injuries,Vaping Product Use Associated Lung Injury