Low risk of central venous thrombosis with nontunnelled central venous catheters

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-188

  Murphy, P T ^a   O'Connor, N ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter related bacteraemia; Central venous catheter; Complications; Haematological malignancy; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035726123     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2001.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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