Utility and Safety of Hickman Catheters for Venous Access after Bone Marrow Transplantation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 286-291

  Kumagai, Takashi ^b,f   Sakamaki, Hisashi ^a   Tanikawa, Syuu ^a   Akiyama, Hideki ^a   Maeda, Yoshiharu ^a   Sasaki, Tsuneo ^a   Tsuzuki, Shinobu ^c   Takamoto, Shigeru ^d   Takahashi, Keiichi ^a   Onozawa, Yasusuke ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter complication; Infection; Leukocytopenia

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0032012460     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.286     Document Type: Article

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