Malpractice issues in radiology. Complications of femoral artery puncture

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-11

  Spies, James B ^a   Berlin, Leonard ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK MANAGEMENT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; INJURY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; PUNCTURE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PUNCTURES; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0031605458     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423587     Document Type: Article

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