Comparison of Methods of Measuring Pulmonary Artery Pressure

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-332

  Lundstedt, Janyce L ^a,b  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYSTOLE; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SYSTOLE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0031180011     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1997.6.4.324     Document Type: Article

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