A technique to remove knotted pulmonary artery catheters

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-162

  Tan, C ^a,b   Bristow, P J ^a,b   Segal, P ^a   Bell, R J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Intensive Care Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment, complications: pulmonary artery, catheters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030995253     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500211     Document Type: Article

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