title: Arterial catheter pressure cable corrosion leading to artifactual diagnosis of hypotension.
abstract: Arterial pressure cable corrosion leads to artifactual hypotension despite a normally appearing waveform.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California-San Francisco, Box 0427, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0427, USA. skidmore@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skidmore
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Litt
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003343:Corrosion; D004581:Electronics; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D014159:Transducers