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Central venous pressure measurement
Author(s) -
KNELL P.J.W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb04999.x
Subject(s) - medicine , central venous pressure , pressure measurement , measure (data warehouse) , intensive care unit , point of care , venous pressure , saline , intensive care , biomedical engineering , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , blood pressure , mechanical engineering , hemodynamics , data mining , pathology , heart rate , computer science , engineering
Summary A device is described which automatically and continuously indicates the zero point on a saline manometer used to measure central venous pressure. It can be made from materials readily available in any operating theatre, intensive care unit or ward.