Is the pulmonary artery catheter useful?

In the United States more than 1.5 million pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) are inserted each year. Of these, approximately 55% are placed in high-risk surgical and trauma patients. Most clinicians believe that PAC use is beneficial in guiding therapy and may improve outcome. Despite these beliefs...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology 2005-03, Vol.19 (1), p.97-110
Hauptverfasser:	Murphy, Glenn S, Nitsun, Martin, Vender, Jeffery S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiac catheterization Catheterization, Swan-Ganz - adverse effects Catheterization, Swan-Ganz - standards Catheterization, Swan-Ganz - statistics & numerical data Catheters Clinical Trials as Topic - standards Complications and side effects Coronary artery bypass Humans Management Predictive Value of Tests Research Design - standards
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