Association between arterial catheter use and hospital mortality in intensive care units

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1746-1754

  Gershengorn, Hayley B ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^b   Scales, Damon C ^c   Zarychanski, Ryan ^d   Rubenfeld, Gordon ^e,f   Garland, Allan ^d  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925282850     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3297     Document Type: Article

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