Peripherally inserted central catheters in an acute-care hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 16, 1994, Pages 1833-1837

  Lam, Sing ^a   Scannell, Rosemary ^a   Roessler, Diane ^a   Smith, Miriam A ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028104030     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.154.16.1833     Document Type: Article

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