Key result
A simple apparatus for monitoring venous and arterial pressures was used in 70 consecutive patients after open heart surgery for an average of 20 hours without any complications.
Population
70 consecutive cases after open heart surgery
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 to 72 hours (average 20 hours)
Authors
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May support simple pressure monitoring devices post-cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
A simple apparatus for simultaneous monitoring of central venous and mean arterial pressures was safely used in 70 post-open heart surgery patients without complications.
Barrie Aarons (1965) studied this question. A simple apparatus for monitoring venous and arterial pressures was used in 70 consecutive patients after open heart surgery for an average of 20 hours without any complications.
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