Indications and complications of intravenous devices for chemotherapy

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-307

  Freytes, César O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034502235     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200007000-00005     Document Type: Review

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