title: Recently published papers: dying Swans and other stories.
abstract: The use of pulmonary artery catheters is under debate yet again. We look at two recent trials evaluating their impact on mortality. Our suspicions regarding obesity are proven and we also look at a simple, cost effective method of reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia. Finally, an intervention to improve the poor outcome associated with out-of hospital cardiac arrests is evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, Worthing General Hospital, Worthing, UK.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venn
mesh_terms: D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000639:trends; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects