Bladder pressure measurement

I was just digging in old threads, and found your post, jan. Funny, because I had almost the same issue a couple months ago. Considering this post was from a couple years ago, I'm hoping you got an answer by now. If not, BUMP! Anyone out there who can help us?

The method we ended up using involved a clamped foley, a-line/transducer setup, and an 18-gague needle, if I remember correctly. We got the same number both times we did it, and the number, according to the resident, was way above where the kid should already be in the OR. She never went, but miraculously didn't end up infarcting her gut. I wish I could remember more precisely it was we did, but I don't usually work nights, and it was around 3 AM when all of that happened. =)

So you're using an adult P&P, or did you change it to make it peds specific? I think we used an adult one, but I'd love to see a peds one out there.

Thanks! Yeah, we don't see it too often either, but it would be nice to have a little more peds specific info.

We use what AliRae discribed. We hook up the transducer to the port where urine specimens are obtained, close to the connection where the foley meets the drainage tubing. Our normal is

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs around $100.00. It

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs around $100.00. It comes

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs around $100.00. It comes in adult

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs around $100.00. It comes in adult and pediatric

Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid.

Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o.

You should inject your fluid slowly and give it a couple of minutes clamped in the bladder. The patient must always be laying flat on their back. You will get different numbers each time but they should be close to each other (say within 10 points either way).

Our surgeons would take to the OR if all the above things were wrong and the pressure was greater than 25 (this number varies a little between adult and pediatric surgeons).

There is a new product on the market, the AbVisor. It is a bladder pressure measuring kit. It costs around $100.00. It comes in adult and pediatric sizes.