Use of Midline Catheters in Low Birth Weight Infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-207

  Lesser, Eric ^a   Chhabra, Rakesh ^a,c   Brion, Luc P ^a   Suresh, Bangalore R ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mt Comprehensive Health Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

EID: 0030135322     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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