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The pulmonary artery catheter remains a relevant clinical tool in critical care medicine, contrary to suggestions that its use should be abandoned.
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May support selective pulmonary artery catheter use in critical care; leaves open the need for randomized validation.
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel Sprung cites royalties he receives from book he edited, The Pulmonary Artery Catheter, 1993. He indicates that royalties are less than $100 per year for the last few years.
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Levin et al. (2005) studied this question. The pulmonary artery catheter remains a relevant clinical tool in critical care medicine, contrary to suggestions that its use should be abandoned.
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