The Stuck Catheter: A Case Report

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 350-352

  Ng, Philip K ^a   Ault, Mark J ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Fibrin sheath; Fibrous sheath; Peripheral catheterization; Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0031228606     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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