Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Accidentally Entrapped Pulmonary Artery Catheters During Cardiac Surgery: A Case Series

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-375

  Jacobsohn, Eric ^a   Fessler, David A ^a   Rosemeier, Frank ^b   Tymkew, Heidi ^a   Avidan, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; complications; entrapment; pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY;

EID: 33646927259     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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