Totally implantable venous access devices in children with cystic fibrosis: Incidence and type of complications

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-289

  Deerojanawong, J ^a   Sawyer, S M ^a   Fink, A M ^a   Stokes, K B ^a   Robertson, C F ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Cystic fibrosis; Venous access device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031950279     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.4.285     Document Type: Article

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