Minimizing Risks Associated with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in the NICU

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-21

  Camara, Deborah ^a  

^a Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Central Venous Infant; Newborn risk factors; Premature infant; Total parental nutrition

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICS; THROMBOSIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035235966     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200101000-00005     Document Type: Article

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