Pulmonary artery catheters:
Charming the yellow snake
Pulmonary artery catheters:
‘Charming the yellow snake’
Raymond Raper RNSH
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Multilumen
catheter
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
PAoP = PCWP = PvP = LAP = LVEDP
LVEDP ~ LVED fibre length = preload
Invasive V’s Non-invasive Monitoring
 Clinical examination unreliable
 PAoP
 CI
 Significant change in management with PAC
 management change
improved prognosis
Iberti 1983, Connors 1983, Mimoz 1994
Pulmonary artery catheterisation
 common procedure
 >1 million per year (USA)
 procedural fees and the ‘red cap
phenomenon’
 (declining usage past 5 years)
 characterisation of haemodynamics
 optimisation of haemodynamics
 myocardial infarction
 sepsis and other acute illnesses
Survival Proportional to
Cardiac Output
 Trauma
 Sepsis
 Cardiac
 Critically Ill
 ARDS
Mortality in Septic Shock
Related to persistent, low
vascular resistance
Parker et al 1987
Groenveld et al 1988
Oxygen Transport and Survival in
Critical Illness
 Survival proportional to cardiac output
 Oxygen debt in non-survivors
Bihari et al 1987
 Increased survival with CV support and
antibiotics in canine septic model
Natanson et al 1992
 Survival benefit with supranormal DO2
Shoemaker1988, Boyd 1993
‘Goal-directed therapy’
The Cult of the Swan-Ganz
catheter
Overuse and Abuse of Pulmonary
Flow-directed catheters?
Robin ED. Ann Intern Med 1985
Death by Pulmonary Artery
flow - directed catheter
Time for a Moratorium ?
Robin ED. Chest 1987
Pulmonary Artery Catheterisation
Excess Mortality
 Acute Myocardial Infarction
Gore et al 1987
 Critically Ill Patients
Connors et al 1996
Complications of PA Catheters
 Dysrhythmias
 Pneumothorax, haemothorax
 Infection
 Endocarditis
 PA Rupture
 Pulmonary infarction and embolisation
 Valvular and myocardial injury
 Wrong numbers Bad treatment
Physicians knowledge of the PA
catheter
 Multiple choice examination
 496 physicians
 31 questions
 Results:
 mean score 20.7 (67% )
 range 6 - 31 (19% - 100% )
Iberti et al, 1990
Nurses knowledge of the PA catheter
 Multiple choice questionnaire
 216 nurses at AACCN NTI
 37 questions
 Results:
 mean score 16.5 (48.5 % )
Iberti et al, 1994
The Swan - Ganz Catheter
and Left Ventricular Preload
Misled by the Wedge ?
Raper and Sibbald, Chest 1986
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Pressure measurement
 dynamic pressure measurement, resonance
 inaccuracy of systolic and diastolic
pressures
 zero reference point
 ‘phlebostatic axis’
 transducer function, balancing
 transmural pressure and respiration
 end-expiratory reference point
 ventricular interdependence and acute cor
pulmonale
Increased Right Ventricular
Compliance
in Response to
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Raper RF and Sibbald WJ, Am Rev Respir Dis; 1992
Monitoring v Outcome
 Appropriate parameter
 useful V’s measurable
 Accuracy of measurement
 Correct interpretation
 Appropriate therapeutic intervention
 Patient response
Complications of PA Catheters
 Dysrhythmias
 Pneumothorax, haemothorax
 Infection
 Endocarditis
 PA Rupture
 Pulmonary infarction and embolisation
 Valvular and myocardial injury
 Wrong numbers Bad treatment
 Correct numbers Bad treatment
Beta stimulation and outcome
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
 increased mortality with dobutamine in heart
failure
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
 increased mortality with dobutamine in heart
failure
 reduced cardiac events with peri-operative
beta blockers
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
 increased mortality with dobutamine in heart
failure
 reduced cardiac events with peri-operative
beta blockers
 improved outcome with vasopressin in less
severely ill group in VAST trial
 reduced heart rate
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
 increased mortality with dobutamine in heart
failure
 reduced cardiac events with peri-operative
beta blockers
 improved outcome with vasopressin in less
severely ill group in VAST trial
 reduced heart rate
 increased mortality with high dose
dobutamine in sepsis Hayes et al NEJM 1994
Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Beta stimulation and outcome
 beta blockers in heart failure
 increased mortality with dobutamine in heart
failure
 reduced cardiac events with peri-operative
beta blockers
 improved outcome with vasopressin in less
severely ill group in VAST trial
 reduced heart rate
 increased mortality with high dose
dobutamine in sepsis Hayes et al NEJM 1994
 better outcomes with esmolol in septic shock
Morelli et al. JAMA, 2013
Effect of Heart Rate Control with Esmolol on haemodynamic
and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Septic Shock
Morelli et al JAMA 2013
Pulmonary Artery catheters and
outcome?
Pulmonary Artery catheters and
outcome?
 Observational studies suggest harm
Pulmonary Artery catheters and
outcome?
 Observational studies suggest harm
 Randomised control studies of use
of PAC suggest no harm (and no
benefit)
Maximising O2 delivery - Meta Analysis 1996
Optimising Oxygen delivery
Meta analysis
Mortality reduction
All studies 0.86 ( 0.62 - 1.20 )
Pre-operative 0.20 ( 0.07 - 0.55 )
Meta-analysis of RCA’s of PAC use
Mortality
Shah MR et al JAMA 2005
Meta-analysis of RCA’s of PAC use
Figure 5. Forest plot of comparison: 5 PAC versus no PAC (combined medical and surgical patients), outcome: 5.1
Combined mortality of all studies.
Pulmonary artery catheters for adult patients in intensive care
Rajaram SS et al. Cochrane Collaboration, 2013
Pulmonary Artery catheters and
outcome?
 Observational studies suggest harm
 Randomised control studies of use
of PAC suggest no harm (and ?no
benefit)
 Meta analyses of studies of goal-
directed therapy in surgical
patients:
Maintaining Tissue Perfusion in High-Risk
Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review of
Randomized Clinical Trials
Category Mortality Organ
Dysfunction
All RCTs 0.67 (0.55 - 0.82) 0.62 (0.55 - 0.70)
High Quality 0.79 (0.64 – 0.99) 0.66 (0.58 – 0.75)
High control
mortality
0.32 (0.21 – 0.47) 0.38 (0.26 – 0.56)
Using PAC 0.67 (.054 – 0.84)
Gurgel and Nascimento Anesth Analg ;2011
Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011.
Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic
intervention on mortality
Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011.
Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic
intervention on complications
Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011.
Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic
intervention on mortality by decade of study
PAC in cardiac surgery
PAC in cardiac surgery
 Commonest use for PACs
 very unit specific
PAC in cardiac surgery
 Commonest use for PACs
 very unit specific
 Especially low risk cases can be
safely conducted without PAC
PAC in cardiac surgery
 Commonest use for PACs
 very unit specific
 Especially low risk cases can be
safely conducted without PAC
 Large observational studies suggest
possible harm
Schwann et al Anesth Analg 2011
Effect of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT)
on mortality rate in cardiac surgery
Anya H D et al. Br. J. Anaesth. 2013
Effect of early goal-directed therapy on
postoperative complications in cardiac
surgery.
Anya H D et al. Br. J. Anaesth. 2013
PAC usage:
 Haemodynamic monitoring
 pressure
 flow
 oxygenation including SvO2
 derived parameters
 monitoring the effect of therapy
 Diagnostic
 differentiating shock
 shunt identification and quantification
 mechanical lesions (valvular, tamponade…)
 Cardiac pacing
 atrial and ventricular
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
 Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output,
oxygen dynamics and SvO2
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
 Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output,
oxygen dynamics and SvO2
 Utility of SvO2
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
 Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output,
oxygen dynamics and SvO2
 Utility of SvO2
 Better understanding of limitations
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
 Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output,
oxygen dynamics and SvO2
 Utility of SvO2
 Better understanding of limitations
 Less familiarity, comfort
PAC usage:
 Observed 50% reduction over 10 years
Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
 Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output,
oxygen dynamics and SvO2
 Utility of SvO2
 Better understanding of limitations
 Less familiarity, comfort
 Likely to lead to reduced usage
Summary
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
 only beneficial if married to a beneficial
therapy
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
 only beneficial if married to a beneficial
therapy
 maybe especially useful in surgical patients
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
 only beneficial if married to a beneficial
therapy
 maybe especially useful in surgical patients
 good fun and better than ignorance
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
 only beneficial if married to a beneficial
therapy
 maybe especially useful in surgical patients
 good fun and better than ignorance
 can provide new insights
 taught us about critical illness
Summary
 reliable device with some limitations
 at every bedside 24 / 7
 still the gold standard for CO measurement
 maybe shouldn’t be
 no evidence of significant direct harm
 only beneficial if married to a beneficial
therapy
 maybe especially useful in surgical patients
 good fun and better than ignorance
 can provide new insights
 taught us about critical illness
 easiest way to establish temporary (dual
chamber) pacing
The Pulmonary Artery catheter:
In Medio Virtus
Vincent JL, Pinsky M, Sprung C, Levy
M, Marini J, Payen D, Rhodes A,
Takala J
Crit Care Med 2008
Thank you
Thank you

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Raper, Ray — Charming the Yellow Snake: Pulmonary Artery Catheters

  • 1. Pulmonary artery catheters: Charming the yellow snake Pulmonary artery catheters: ‘Charming the yellow snake’ Raymond Raper RNSH
  • 11. PAoP = PCWP = PvP = LAP = LVEDP LVEDP ~ LVED fibre length = preload
  • 12. Invasive V’s Non-invasive Monitoring  Clinical examination unreliable  PAoP  CI  Significant change in management with PAC  management change improved prognosis Iberti 1983, Connors 1983, Mimoz 1994
  • 13. Pulmonary artery catheterisation  common procedure  >1 million per year (USA)  procedural fees and the ‘red cap phenomenon’  (declining usage past 5 years)  characterisation of haemodynamics  optimisation of haemodynamics  myocardial infarction  sepsis and other acute illnesses
  • 14. Survival Proportional to Cardiac Output  Trauma  Sepsis  Cardiac  Critically Ill  ARDS
  • 15. Mortality in Septic Shock Related to persistent, low vascular resistance Parker et al 1987 Groenveld et al 1988
  • 16. Oxygen Transport and Survival in Critical Illness  Survival proportional to cardiac output  Oxygen debt in non-survivors Bihari et al 1987  Increased survival with CV support and antibiotics in canine septic model Natanson et al 1992  Survival benefit with supranormal DO2 Shoemaker1988, Boyd 1993 ‘Goal-directed therapy’
  • 17. The Cult of the Swan-Ganz catheter Overuse and Abuse of Pulmonary Flow-directed catheters? Robin ED. Ann Intern Med 1985
  • 18. Death by Pulmonary Artery flow - directed catheter Time for a Moratorium ? Robin ED. Chest 1987
  • 19. Pulmonary Artery Catheterisation Excess Mortality  Acute Myocardial Infarction Gore et al 1987  Critically Ill Patients Connors et al 1996
  • 20. Complications of PA Catheters  Dysrhythmias  Pneumothorax, haemothorax  Infection  Endocarditis  PA Rupture  Pulmonary infarction and embolisation  Valvular and myocardial injury  Wrong numbers Bad treatment
  • 21. Physicians knowledge of the PA catheter  Multiple choice examination  496 physicians  31 questions  Results:  mean score 20.7 (67% )  range 6 - 31 (19% - 100% ) Iberti et al, 1990
  • 22. Nurses knowledge of the PA catheter  Multiple choice questionnaire  216 nurses at AACCN NTI  37 questions  Results:  mean score 16.5 (48.5 % ) Iberti et al, 1994
  • 23. The Swan - Ganz Catheter and Left Ventricular Preload Misled by the Wedge ? Raper and Sibbald, Chest 1986
  • 26. Pressure measurement  dynamic pressure measurement, resonance  inaccuracy of systolic and diastolic pressures  zero reference point  ‘phlebostatic axis’  transducer function, balancing  transmural pressure and respiration  end-expiratory reference point  ventricular interdependence and acute cor pulmonale
  • 27. Increased Right Ventricular Compliance in Response to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Raper RF and Sibbald WJ, Am Rev Respir Dis; 1992
  • 28. Monitoring v Outcome  Appropriate parameter  useful V’s measurable  Accuracy of measurement  Correct interpretation  Appropriate therapeutic intervention  Patient response
  • 29. Complications of PA Catheters  Dysrhythmias  Pneumothorax, haemothorax  Infection  Endocarditis  PA Rupture  Pulmonary infarction and embolisation  Valvular and myocardial injury  Wrong numbers Bad treatment  Correct numbers Bad treatment
  • 31. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure
  • 32. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure  increased mortality with dobutamine in heart failure
  • 33. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure  increased mortality with dobutamine in heart failure  reduced cardiac events with peri-operative beta blockers
  • 34. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure  increased mortality with dobutamine in heart failure  reduced cardiac events with peri-operative beta blockers  improved outcome with vasopressin in less severely ill group in VAST trial  reduced heart rate
  • 35. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure  increased mortality with dobutamine in heart failure  reduced cardiac events with peri-operative beta blockers  improved outcome with vasopressin in less severely ill group in VAST trial  reduced heart rate  increased mortality with high dose dobutamine in sepsis Hayes et al NEJM 1994
  • 37. Beta stimulation and outcome  beta blockers in heart failure  increased mortality with dobutamine in heart failure  reduced cardiac events with peri-operative beta blockers  improved outcome with vasopressin in less severely ill group in VAST trial  reduced heart rate  increased mortality with high dose dobutamine in sepsis Hayes et al NEJM 1994  better outcomes with esmolol in septic shock Morelli et al. JAMA, 2013
  • 38. Effect of Heart Rate Control with Esmolol on haemodynamic and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Septic Shock Morelli et al JAMA 2013
  • 40. Pulmonary Artery catheters and outcome?  Observational studies suggest harm
  • 41. Pulmonary Artery catheters and outcome?  Observational studies suggest harm  Randomised control studies of use of PAC suggest no harm (and no benefit)
  • 42. Maximising O2 delivery - Meta Analysis 1996
  • 43. Optimising Oxygen delivery Meta analysis Mortality reduction All studies 0.86 ( 0.62 - 1.20 ) Pre-operative 0.20 ( 0.07 - 0.55 )
  • 44. Meta-analysis of RCA’s of PAC use Mortality Shah MR et al JAMA 2005
  • 45. Meta-analysis of RCA’s of PAC use Figure 5. Forest plot of comparison: 5 PAC versus no PAC (combined medical and surgical patients), outcome: 5.1 Combined mortality of all studies. Pulmonary artery catheters for adult patients in intensive care Rajaram SS et al. Cochrane Collaboration, 2013
  • 46. Pulmonary Artery catheters and outcome?  Observational studies suggest harm  Randomised control studies of use of PAC suggest no harm (and ?no benefit)  Meta analyses of studies of goal- directed therapy in surgical patients:
  • 47. Maintaining Tissue Perfusion in High-Risk Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials Category Mortality Organ Dysfunction All RCTs 0.67 (0.55 - 0.82) 0.62 (0.55 - 0.70) High Quality 0.79 (0.64 – 0.99) 0.66 (0.58 – 0.75) High control mortality 0.32 (0.21 – 0.47) 0.38 (0.26 – 0.56) Using PAC 0.67 (.054 – 0.84) Gurgel and Nascimento Anesth Analg ;2011
  • 48. Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011. Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic intervention on mortality
  • 49. Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011. Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic intervention on complications
  • 50. Hamilton et al Anesthesia & Analgesia.2011. Effects of pre-emptive hemodynamic intervention on mortality by decade of study
  • 51. PAC in cardiac surgery
  • 52. PAC in cardiac surgery  Commonest use for PACs  very unit specific
  • 53. PAC in cardiac surgery  Commonest use for PACs  very unit specific  Especially low risk cases can be safely conducted without PAC
  • 54. PAC in cardiac surgery  Commonest use for PACs  very unit specific  Especially low risk cases can be safely conducted without PAC  Large observational studies suggest possible harm Schwann et al Anesth Analg 2011
  • 55. Effect of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) on mortality rate in cardiac surgery Anya H D et al. Br. J. Anaesth. 2013
  • 56. Effect of early goal-directed therapy on postoperative complications in cardiac surgery. Anya H D et al. Br. J. Anaesth. 2013
  • 57. PAC usage:  Haemodynamic monitoring  pressure  flow  oxygenation including SvO2  derived parameters  monitoring the effect of therapy  Diagnostic  differentiating shock  shunt identification and quantification  mechanical lesions (valvular, tamponade…)  Cardiac pacing  atrial and ventricular
  • 58. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011
  • 59. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011  Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output, oxygen dynamics and SvO2
  • 60. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011  Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output, oxygen dynamics and SvO2  Utility of SvO2
  • 61. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011  Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output, oxygen dynamics and SvO2  Utility of SvO2  Better understanding of limitations
  • 62. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011  Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output, oxygen dynamics and SvO2  Utility of SvO2  Better understanding of limitations  Less familiarity, comfort
  • 63. PAC usage:  Observed 50% reduction over 10 years Koo et al Crit Care Med 2011  Less use of PAoP, more cardiac output, oxygen dynamics and SvO2  Utility of SvO2  Better understanding of limitations  Less familiarity, comfort  Likely to lead to reduced usage
  • 65. Summary  reliable device with some limitations
  • 66. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7
  • 67. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement
  • 68. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be
  • 69. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm
  • 70. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm  only beneficial if married to a beneficial therapy
  • 71. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm  only beneficial if married to a beneficial therapy  maybe especially useful in surgical patients
  • 72. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm  only beneficial if married to a beneficial therapy  maybe especially useful in surgical patients  good fun and better than ignorance
  • 73. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm  only beneficial if married to a beneficial therapy  maybe especially useful in surgical patients  good fun and better than ignorance  can provide new insights  taught us about critical illness
  • 74. Summary  reliable device with some limitations  at every bedside 24 / 7  still the gold standard for CO measurement  maybe shouldn’t be  no evidence of significant direct harm  only beneficial if married to a beneficial therapy  maybe especially useful in surgical patients  good fun and better than ignorance  can provide new insights  taught us about critical illness  easiest way to establish temporary (dual chamber) pacing
  • 75. The Pulmonary Artery catheter: In Medio Virtus Vincent JL, Pinsky M, Sprung C, Levy M, Marini J, Payen D, Rhodes A, Takala J Crit Care Med 2008