Catheter-Related Sepsis in the Neonate: Thinking Critically about a Persistent Problem

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-64

  Trotter, Carol W ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter related sepsis; Critical thinking; Neonates; Percutaneous central venous catheters; Peripherally inserted central catheters

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THINKING;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, NURSING; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; SEPSIS; THINKING;

EID: 0031160448     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199706000-00007     Document Type: Article

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