title: Insertion of a pulmonary artery flotation catheter: how to do it.
abstract: This article outlines a safe and successful technique of inserting the pulmonary artery catheter. Readers should regard it as a supplement, not a substitute, to bedside instruction by an experienced and competent clinician.
authors.affiliation: Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London Medical School.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure