In March 2007, Sanna, a 21-year-old pre-medical student, was rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. Her clinicians detected and removed an abscess above one of her kidneys. Despite this surgery and subsequent treatment, her condition worsened overnight. If Sanna didn't improve, her clinicians knew they would likely need to remove her kidney—a particularly worrisome prospect since Sanna is diabetic.
Her clinicians needed more information to better understand her body's response to their course of treatment, so they used Edwards' FloTrac sensor and Vigileo monitor to assess her cardiac status and control her hemodynamic condition. With the information provided by the FloTrac system, they were able to see exactly how Sanna was responding to their therapy, determine the cause of her worsening condition, and help her get better.
“The FloTrac system gives me the most information on the hemodynamic status of patients like Sanna in a minimally invasive way,” said Laurie R. Grier, M.D.
View the FloTrac Sensor and Vigileo Monitor.
