The pulmonary artery catheter and critical care: The cart is before the horse

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1820-1822

  Chittock, Dean R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

APACHE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY CATHETER; MORTALITY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744506855     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000221151.44489.E3     Document Type: Editorial

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