Management of catheter emboli

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 714-718

  Roye, G Dean ^a,b   Breazeale, E Edward ^a,b   Byrnes, Joseph P M ^a,b   Rue III, Loring W ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029937006     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199607000-00013     Document Type: Article

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