Potential misuse of the pulmonary artery catheter

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Connors Jr , Alfred F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ICU; Pulmonary artery catheterization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345040223     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009445     Document Type: Review

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