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Electrode Displacement from a Multipurpose Swan‐Ganz Catheter
Author(s) -
HEISELMAN DARELL E.,
MAXWELL JOHN S.,
PETNO VINCENT
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1986.tb05371.x
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , electrode , complication , surgery , displacement (psychology) , psychology , chemistry , psychotherapist
. A patient is described in whom a multipurpose pulmonary artery catheter had been placed. Upon removal of the catheter, it was noted that the electrodes had become detached from the lead. A new method is described for insertion and removal of the catheter which will prevent this complication.