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Intensive care medicine · Apr 1996
Case ReportsThe use of inhaled aerosolized prostacyclin (IAP) in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary embolism.
- S A Webb, S Stott, and P V van Heerden.
- Department of Intensive Care, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia.
- Intensive Care Med. 1996 Apr 1;22(4):353-5.
ObjectiveTo describe the use of inhaled aerosolized prostacyclin (IAP) in a patient with life-threatening pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary embolism and to discuss the possible use of inhaled prostacyclin in the management of pulmonary embolism.DesignCase report.SettingIntensive care unit of a university teaching hospital.PatientsOne patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to acute-on-chronic pulmonary embolism.InterventionsConventional medical management of massive pulmonary embolism and inhaled aerosolized prostacyclin (IAP).Measurements And ResultsDescription of clinical course, haemodynamic data and gas exchange data.ConclusionsWe describe a patient with massive pulmonary embolism for whom the addition of IAP to his therapy appeared to result in a transient improvement in pulmonary haemodynamics and gas exchange.
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