title: [Arterial catheters].
abstract: The authors review the fundamental points related to arterial catheters: their applications, how to prepare patients in need of this catheter cleansing and disinfection methods, maintenance and care of these catheters, their installation, how to extract samples with them, how to remove and change these catheters and how to register their use.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla, Madird. doricen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Adoración
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Centeno Cunquero
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García Bachiller
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods