Cochrane · systematic review · CD003408
Pulmonary artery catheters for adult patients in intensive care
Rajaram, SS, Desai, NK, Kalra, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library
Emergency and Critical CareAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 0 · 0%High 4 · 80%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Pulmonary artery catheter for adult patients in intensive care
Population: Adult patients in intensive care
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
ICU length of stay (general intensive care patients) | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 2723 participants | High |
Hospital length of stay (general intensive care patients) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 1689 participants | High |
Hospital length of stay (high‐risk surgical patients) | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 503 participants | High |
Cost of care (hospital charges, 1000s of US dollars) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 191 participants | Low Downgraded: indirectness |
Combined mortality of all studies | RR 1.01 | 13 studies · 5686 participants | High |