Complications related to intravenous midline catheter usage

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 76-80

  Goetz, Angella M ^a   Miller, Jean ^b   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Muder, Robert R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ELASTOMER; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031895448     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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