Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use Down Sharply, Research Shows
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Pulmonary artery catheterization in the United States - once common for critical care - has dropped so dramatically that it should either be discontinued entirely or performed only by physicians highly skilled in the procedure, according to articles in the July 25 Journal of the American Medical Association.
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