Essay On Arterial Catheters

Arterial Catheter ARTERIAL CATHETER Arterial Catheters are used to continuously monitor blood pressure, to titrate vasoactive agents, and to obtain serial blood gases or other laboratory specimens in the critically ill patient Conditions that require an arterial catheter include acute hypotension or hypertension, hemodynamic instability, cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, shock, infusion of vasoactive medications, etc. The.