PA catheterization -- quo vadis? Do we have to change the current practice with this monitoring device?

Byline: K. Reinhart (1), P. Radermacher (2), C. L. Sprung (3), D. Phelan (4), J. Bakker (5), H. Steltzer (6) Author Affiliation: (1) Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat, Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Bachstrasse 18, D-07743 Jena, Germany FAX: +49 (36 41) 63 32 56, DE (2) Sektion Anasthesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitatsklinik fur Anasthesiologie, Klinikum der Universitat, Parkstrasse 11, D-89073 Ulm (3) Hadassah Hebrew University, Medical Center, P. O. Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel, IL (4) Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles St., Dublin 7, Ireland, IE (5) Ziekenhuis Centrum, Lokatie Lukas, Postbus 9014, 7300 DS Apeldoon, Niederlande, NL (6) Klinik fur Anaesthesie u. Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Wahringer Gurtel 18--20, A-1090 Wien, Osterreich Article note: Received: 11 December 1996 Accepted: 17 March 1997