Cost-effectiveness of Ultrasound in Preventing Femoral Venous Catheter-associated Pulmonary Embolism

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1481-1487

  Cox, Christopher E ^a   Carson, Shannon S ^b   Biddle, Andrea K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Critical illness; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0347992807     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200303-367OC     Document Type: Article

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