Pulmonary-artery catheters - Peace at last?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2273-2274

  Shure, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 33646869048     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068099     Document Type: Editorial

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