Benefits, risks and alternatives of pulmonary artery catheterization

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 645-650

  Cholley, Bernard P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031788389     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199811000-00010     Document Type: Review

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