Reliability of measurements of pulmonary artery pressure obtained with patients in the 60° lateral position

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-51

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033629695     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2000.9.1.43     Document Type: Article

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