The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial care of critically ill patients

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 276, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 889-897

  Connors Jr , Alfred F ^a,i   Speroff, Theodore ^a,j   Dawson, Neal V ^a   Thomas, Charles ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^b,i   Wagner, Douglas ^c   Desbiens, Norman ^d   Goldman, Lee ^e   Wu, Albert W ^f   Califf, Robert M ^b   Fulkerson Jr , William J ^b   Vidaillet, Humberto ^d   Broste, Steven ^d   Bellamy, Paul ^g   Lynn, Joanne ^h   Knaus, William A ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j Magic Valley Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; APACHE; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9544228424     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.11.889     Document Type: Article

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