Searching for evidence to support pulmonary artery catheter use in critically ill patients

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1693-1694

  Hall, Jesse B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERY CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 26044447160     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.13.1693     Document Type: Editorial

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