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The Effect of Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use on Costs and Long-Term Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury

BACKGROUND: The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) remains widely used in acute lung injury (ALI) despite known complications and little evidence of improved short-term mortality. Concurrent with NHLBI ARDS Clinical Trials Network Fluid and Catheters Treatment Trial (FACTT), we conducted a prospectivel...

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Autores principales: Clermont, Gilles, Kong, Lan, Weissfeld, Lisa A., Lave, Judith R., Rubenfeld, Gordon D., Roberts, Mark S., Connors, Alfred F., Bernard, Gordon R., Thompson, B. Taylor, Wheeler, Arthur P., Angus, Derek C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022512