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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: The association of pulmonary artery catheterization utilization and surgical patients’ outcomes: a PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Country

Design

Period time

Surgery

PAC insertion

Sample size (n)

Major findings (PAC vs no-PAC)

Settings

Timing

PAC

no-PAC

Mortality

Morbidities

MVD

ICU LOS

Hospital LOS

Cost

Schultz 1985

US

RCT

?

Hip surgery

ICU

Pre-op

35

35

(−)

?

?

?

?

Isaacson 1990

US

RCT

(1987.1–1989.1)

Abdominal aortic surgery

OR

Intra-op

49

53

(−)

(−)

(−)

(−)

(−)

(−)

Shoemaker 1990

US

RCT

(1983.5–1984.5)

Major non-cardiac surgery

ICU

Pre-op

30

28

(−),

?

?

Berlauk 1991

US

RCT

(1986.10–1990.1)

Lower limb revascularization

ICU

Pre-op

66

21

(−)

%1 ↓

?

(−)

(−)

(−)

Bender 1997

US

RCT

(1992.4–1995.5)

Lower limb revascularization, AAS

ICU

Pre-op

51

53

(−)

(-)

?

(−)

?

(-)

Valentine 1998

US

RCT

(1994.3–1997.3)

Abdominal aortic surgery

ICU

Pre-op

60

60

(−)

(−)

?

(−)

(−)

?

Wilson 1999

UK

RCT

?

Major non-cardiac surgery

ICU

Pre-op

92

46

?

?

?

?

?

Polanczyk 2001

US

Cohort

(1989.7–1994.2)

Major non-cardiac surgery

?

?

215

215

 

?

?

?

?

Bonazzi 2002

Italy

RCT

(1996.4–2000.4)

Abdominal aortic surgery

ICU

Pre-op

50

50

(−)

(-)

?

?

(−)

?

Sandham 2003

Canada

RCT

(1990.3–1999.7)

Major non-cardiac surgery

?

?

997

997

(−)

?

?

(−)

?

Hofer 2020

US

Cohort

(2015.1–2018.4)

Liver transplantation

?

?

200

38

(−)

(−)

?

Moore 1978

US

Cohort

(1976–1977)

On-pump CABG

OR

Intra-op

28

20

?

?

?

?

?

Pearson 1989

US

RCT

(9 months)

Cardiac surgery

?

?

28

86

(−)

(−)

(−)

(−)

?

Tuman 1989

US

Cohort

?

On-pump CABG

OR

Intra-op

537

557

(−)

(-)

 

(−)

?

 

Stewart 1998

US

Cohort

(1996.4–1996.10)

On-pump CABG

?

?

61

133

(−)

Ramsey 2000

US

Cohort

(1997.1–1997.12)

Off-pump CABG

?

?

8,064

5,843

?

?

Schwann 2002

US

Cohort

(1994–1998)

On-pump CABG

?

?

242

2,443

?

?

?

?

?

Djaiani 2006

Canada

Cohort

?

On-pump CABG

OR

Intra-op

46

154

(−)

(−)

?

Resano 2006

US

Cohort

(2000.1–2003.12)

Off-pump CABG

?

?

1,617

743

(-)

(−)

(−)

(−)

(−)

?

Schwann 2011

US

Cohort

(1996.12–2000.6)

On-pump CABG

?

?

1,273

1,273

?

?

Chiang 2015

US

Cohort

(2000.1–2010.12)

Cardiac surgery

?

?

1,605,697

412,640

?

?

(-)

Xu 2015

China

Cohort

(2012.6–2012.12)

On and off-pump CABG

OR

Intra-op

424

424

(−)

(-)

?

?

?

Brovman 2016

US

Cohort

(2010.1–2014.12)

Cardiac surgery

OR

Intra-op

40,036

76,297

(−)

?

?

?

?

Shaw 2018

US

Cohort

(2011.1–2015.6)

Cardiac surgery

?

?

3,422

3,422

(−)

↓,

?

?

?

Pasquier 2020

France

Cohort

(2012–2019)

Bentall procedure

?

?

59

75

(−)

↑, (-)

?

?

Brown 2022

US

Cohort

(2010–2018)

On-pump CABG, VS

?

?

3,519

3,519

(−)

(−),

?

?

?

  1. AAS Abdominal aortic surgery, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, ICU intensive care unit, Intra-op intra-operative, LOS length of stay, MVD mechanical ventilation duration, OR operating room, PAC pulmonary artery catheter, Pre-op Pre-operative, RCT randomized controlled trial, UK United Kingdom, US United States, VS valve surgery. post-operative cardiac complications (myocardial infarction, new-onset arrhythmia, new-onset heart failure). post-operative cerebrovascular events (stroke, encephalopathy, transient ischemic attack). postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, pulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism). renal dysfunction or need for renal replacement therapy. infectious complications (bacteremia/sepsis, urinary tract infection, catheter-related infection, wound infection). red blood cell transfusion. ? = not mentioned