Complications associated with pulmonary artery catheters: A comprehensive clinical review

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Evans, D C ^a,i   Doraiswamy, V A ^b,i   Prosciak, M P ^c,i   Silviera, M ^d   Seamon, M J ^d,i   Rodriguez Funes, V ^e,i   Cipolla, J ^f,i   Wang, C F ^a,i   Kavuturu, S ^g,i   Torigian, D A ^h   Cook, C H ^a   Lindsey, D E ^a,i   Steinberg, S M ^a,i   Stawicki, S P ^a,i  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Hospital Nacional Rosales   (El Salvador)

^f ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ OPUS 12 Foundation Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Arterial injury; Complications; Data interpretation; Hemodynamic monitoring; Infection; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary artery catheter; Thrombosis; Venous injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649094401     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690909800402     Document Type: Review

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