The effect of pulmonary artery catheter use on costs and long-term outcomes of acute lung injury.

The effect of pulmonary artery catheter use on costs and long-term outcomes of acute lung injury.

<h4>Background</h4>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 condu...

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Main Authors: Gilles Clermont, Lan Kong, Lisa A Weissfeld, Judith R Lave, Gordon D Rubenfeld, Mark S Roberts, Alfred F Connors, Gordon R Bernard, B Taylor Thompson, Arthur P Wheeler, Derek C Angus, NHLBI ARDS Clinical Trials Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022512&type=printable
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