Mechanical and infective central venous catheter-related complications: A prospective non-randomized study using Hickman and Groshong catheters in children with hematological malignancies

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-233

  Biagi, Ettore ^a   Arrigo, Chiara ^a   Dell'Orto, Maria Grazia ^a   Balduzzi, Adriana ^a   Pezzini, Chiara ^a   Rovelli, Attilio ^a   Masera, Giuseppe ^a   Silvestri, Daniela ^a   Uderzo, Cornelio ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; CVC related complications; Groshong CVC; Hickman CVC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030944616     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050065     Document Type: Article

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