The timing and sequence of multiple device-related complications in patients with indwelling subcutaneous ports

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-421

  Young, Christopher ^a   Gould, James R ^a  

^a Oncology Associates of West Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030797761     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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