Pulmonary artery catheter use - Refining the question

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1070-1071

  Sandham, J Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

APACHE; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 1842637507     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000119929.63397.95     Document Type: Editorial

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