Formula for safe insertion depth of a pulmonary artery catheter

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jul;127(1):e25-e27. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.04.012. Epub 2021 May 26.

Authors

Roland Walz¹, Sebastian Roth², Markus W Hollmann³, Ragnar Huhn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: Roland.Walz@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 34052031
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.04.012

No abstract available

Keywords: complication; formula; pulmonary artery catheter; risk; safety.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / methods*
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / standards
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*