Swan song for the Swan-Ganz catheter?

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7060, 1996, Pages 763-764

  Soni, Neil ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

EID: 0029795650     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7060.763     Document Type: Editorial

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