Vascular access via peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs): Experience in 40 patients with acute myeloid leukemia at a single institute

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 365-371

  Strahilevitz, J ^a   Lossos, I S ^a   Verstandig, A ^a   Sasson, T ^a   Kori, Y ^a   Gillis, S ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Peripherally inserted central venous catheters

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0035029094     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428190109057936     Document Type: Article

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