Assessment of the clinical effectiveness of pulmonary artery catheters in management of patients in intensive care (PAC-Man): A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9484, 2005, Pages 472-477

  Harvey, Sheila ^a   Harrison, David A ^a   Singer, Mervyn ^b,g   Ashcroft, Joanne ^a   Jones, Carys M ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^c   Brampton, William ^d   Williams, Dewi ^e   Young, Duncan ^f   Rowan, Kathryn ^a  

^a and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 23444461703     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67061-4     Document Type: Article

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