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The standard pulmonary artery catheter has two lumens (Swan-Ganz) and is equipped with an inflatable balloon at the tip, which facilitates its placement into the pulmonary artery through the flow of blood. The balloon, when inflated, causes the catheter to "wedge" in a small pulmonary blood vessel.
Sweetwater, Arizona; Sweetwater River (California), San Diego County Sweetwater Dam, a dam across the Sweetwater River; Sweetwater Reservoir, an artificial lake, formed by Sweetwater Dam; Sweetwater Mountains a small mountain range in California and western Nevada; Sweetwater Formation, a geologic stratigraphic formation in California
Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean PAP of at least 20 mm Hg (3300 Pa) at rest, and PAH is defined as precapillary pulmonary hypertension (i.e. mean PAP ≥ 20 mm Hg with pulmonary arterial occlusion pressure [PAOP] ≤ 15 mm Hg and pulmonary vascular resistance [PVR] > 3 Wood Units). [58]
Sweetwater also has a Pioneer Museum, with display rooms depicting the lives of early settlers. It has extensive photograph files, farm and ranch exhibits, Indian artifacts, and WASP exhibits. [14] The local newspaper, Sweetwater Reporter, was founded in 1911. The newspaper, first established in 1881, was called the Sweetwater Advance.
The area of the Sweetwater Creek park used to belong to the Cherokee and according to a legend “Sweetwater” means the name of Chief Ama-Kanasta. [3] In 1819, hunger for land led the state of Georgia to appeal to the United States government to remove the Cherokee; the appeal was rejected.
In 1990, with six employees and annual sales of $6 million, Sweetwater had outgrown Surack's home and moved into its own commercial building at 5335 Bass Road, [9] [10] and Sweetwater's growth over the next several years earned it a place on Inc. magazine's ranking of America's fastest growing companies in 1993, 1994, and 1995.
Sweetwater County was created on December 17, 1867, as a county within the Dakota Territory. [5] The county was formed of territory partitioned from Laramie County.The county was originally named Carter County for Judge W.A. Carter of Fort Bridger [6] In 1869, the newly established legislature of the Wyoming Territory renamed the county for the Sweetwater River.