Management of an unusual complication during placement of a pulmonary artery catheter

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 669-671

  Bhatia, Parneeta ^a   Saied, Nahel N ^a,b   Comunale, Mark E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER PLACEMENT; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOTATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRODUCER SHEATH; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4143137719     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000133244.59867.6F     Document Type: Article

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