Central venous access catheters in children with haemophilia

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Blanchette, V S ^a   Al Musa, A ^a   Stain, A M ^a   Filler, R M ^b   Ingram, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central venous access catheter; Central venous line; Haemophilia; Port A Cath

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE;

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR IX; FACTOR VIII; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029933778     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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