Patient characteristics and ICU organizational factors that influence frequency of pulmonary artery catheterization

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2559-2567

  Rapoport, John ^a   Teres, Daniel ^b,e   Steingrub, Jay ^c,e   Higgins, Thomas ^c,d,e   McGee, William ^c,e   Lemeshow, Stanley ^f  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Health Services Research   (United States)

^c Departments of Surgery and Pathology   (United States)

^d Baylor State Medical Center   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PATIENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RACE; RESUSCITATION; STAFF;

EID: 0034679107     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.19.2559     Document Type: Article

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