More reliable determination of central venous and pulmonary artery occlusion pressures: Does it matter?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 243-245

  Leibowitz, Andrew B ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Measurement; Pressure; Study

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; LUNG; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 12244302920     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000150754.17947.45     Document Type: Editorial

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