A randomized, controlled trial of the use of pulmonary-artery catheters in high-risk surgical patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Sandham, James Dean ^a,f   Hull, Russell Douglas ^a   Frederick Brant, Rollin ^a   Knox, Linda ^a   Pineo, Graham Frederick ^a   Doig, Christopher J ^a   Laporta, Denny P ^b   Viner, Sidney ^a   Passerini, Louise ^c   Devitt, Hugh ^d   Kirby, Ann ^a   Jacka, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Department of Critical Care Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037413466     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa021108     Document Type: Article

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