An epidemiologic study of the risks associated with peripheral intravenous catheters

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 839-851

  Tager, Ira B ^a   Ginsberg, Michael B ^b   Ellis, Susan E ^c   Walsh, Nancy E ^d   Dupont, Irene ^c   Simchen, Elisheva ^e   Faich, Gerald A ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Health Services Research Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infusions; Parenteral; Phlebitis; Septicemla

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PHLEBITIS; RISK; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK; SEPSIS; STATISTICS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0021026923     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113702     Document Type: Article

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