Cardiac arrest during removal of a pulmonary artery catheter

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 972-974

  Nakayama, Masayasu ^a,b   Aimono, Mako ^a   Kawana, Shin ^a   Oomori, Hideya ^a   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^a   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nikko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications: cardiac arrest; Equipment: catheters, pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; NICARDIPINE;

AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0029828432     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011814     Document Type: Article

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