Efficacy of peripherally inserted central venous catheters placed in noncentral veins

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 436-439

  Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a,b   Bratton, Susan L ^a,b   Gettmann, Theresa ^b   Ramamoorthy, Chandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VEIN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0031777926     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.5.436     Document Type: Article

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