Totally implantable vascular access devices in 131 pediatric oncology patients

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 156-158

  Sola, Juan E ^a   Stone, Marshall M ^a   Colombani, Paul M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Implantable ports; Pediatric malignancies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SILASTIC; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SOLID TUMOR; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0029918304     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00183752     Document Type: Article

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