The Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critical Care

by John J. Marini, Claude Perret, Damian Tagan, et al.

This book provides in condensed form all the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the safe and effective use of the Swan-Ganz catheter in pulmonary artery catheterisation. It covers in detail the technical and practical aspects of insertion of the catheter, is withdrawal and the procedures for the various measurements of pressure, blood gases, cardiac output and blood cytology. There is also a section on the pathophysiologial background,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632042125
• ISBN13: 9780632042128
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 368 Pages