A randomised, controlled trial of the pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 256-264

  Rhodes, Andrew ^a   Cusack, Rebecca J ^a   Newman, Philip J ^a   Grounds, Michael R ^a   Bennett, David E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Intention to treat; No increased mortality; Pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APACHE; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036121270     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1206-9     Document Type: Article

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