| Post hoc insights from PAC-Man--the U.K. pulmonary artery catheter trial. | |
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PMID: 18496358 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To provide descriptive information on patients considered for management with a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in U.K. intensive care units and to generate hypotheses to guide future research by examining subsets of patients included in the PAC-Man Study. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: U.K. general intensive care units. PATIENTS: Adult critically ill patients deemed to require management with a PAC by the treating clinician. INTERVENTIONS: Management with a PAC. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate interactions between treatment effect and time to randomization, age, surgical status, Sequential Organ Failure Score (SOFA) at randomization, organs supported at randomization, and use of flow measurement devices. Type of hospital and size of unit were tested for an interaction with the treatment effect using multilevel logistic regression modeling. There was no effect (or trend) on hospital survival related to the timing of randomization in relation to intensive care unit admission, type of organ support or SOFA score at randomization, age, type of hospital, or size of intensive care unit. No overall difference in acute hospital outcome was seen between use of a PAC and no flow measurement (p = .748) or between use of an alternative flow measurement device and no flow measurement (p = .395). CONCLUSIONS: Post hoc analyses of the PAC-Man Study data set revealed no benefit associated with being managed with a PAC in critically ill patients. However, such analyses are limited, and adequately powered clinical trials are needed of specific population subsets receiving targeted therapies delivered early in the patient's critical illness to optimize the likelihood of reversing or preventing further organ dysfunction. Furthermore, the utility of other flow measurement devices must be investigated as these have already become integrated into critical care management without adequate evaluation. |
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Authors:
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Sheila E Harvey; Catherine A Welch; David A Harrison; Kathryn M Rowan; Mervyn Singer |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Critical care medicine Volume: 36 ISSN: 1530-0293 ISO Abbreviation: Crit. Care Med. Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-03 Completed Date: 2008-06-17 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0355501 Medline TA: Crit Care Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1714-21 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. sheila.harvey@lshtm.ac.uk |
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APACHE Aged Cardiotonic Agents / administration & dosage Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / statistics & numerical data* Female Great Britain Health Facility Size / statistics & numerical data Heart Failure / mortality, therapy Hemodynamics / drug effects Hospital Mortality Hospitals, University / statistics & numerical data Humans Intensive Care / methods* Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data Length of Stay Male Middle Aged Multiple Organ Failure / mortality, therapy* Proportional Hazards Models Respiratory Insufficiency / mortality, therapy Survival Rate |
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0/Cardiotonic Agents |
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Crit Care Med. 2008 Jun;36(6):1953-4
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18520647
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