The Michigan appropriateness guide for intravenous catheters (MAGIC): Results from a multispecialty panel using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2015, Pages S1-S39

  Chopra, Vineet ^a   Flanders, Scott A ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^a   Woller, Scott C ^c   O'Grady, Naomi P ^d   Safdar, Nasia ^e   Trerotola, Scott O ^f   Saran, Rajiv ^g   Moureau, Nancy ^h   Wiseman, Stephen ⁱ   Pittiruti, Mauro ^j   Akl, Elie A ^k   Lee, Agnes Y ^l   Courey, Anthony ^b   Swaminathan, Lakshmi ^m   LeDonne, Jack ⁿ   Becker, Carol ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^o   Bernstein, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h PICC Excellence Inc ^*  (United States)

ⁱ VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^k AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOUBLE LUMEN CATHETER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MIDLINE CATHETER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; NEOPLASMS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; NEOPLASMS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84942911348     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0744     Document Type: Article

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