Evaluation of the evidence on benefits and harms of pulmonary artery catheter use in critical care settings

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requested that the Tufts Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center (Tufts EPC) conduct a technology assessment report on pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) monitoring in patients hospitalized in critical care settings. The primary goal of the re...

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Main Author: Balk, Ethan
Corporate Authors: Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center, Technology Assessment Program (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rockville, Maryland AHRQ Technology Assessment Program 2008, March 28, 2008
Series:Technology assessment report
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requested that the Tufts Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center (Tufts EPC) conduct a technology assessment report on pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) monitoring in patients hospitalized in critical care settings. The primary goal of the report is to describe the utility of PAC monitoring with relevance to the relative effect and safety of PAC monitoring and how it affects outcomes in the Medicare population (i.e., people at least 65 years old) hospitalized in critical care settings
Item Description:Title from PDF cover title
Physical Description:1 PDF file (80 pages) illustrations