Loss of the guide wire: Mishap or blunder?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 144-146

  Schummer, W ^a   Schummer, C ^a   Gaser, E ^a   Bartunek, R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Equipment, catheter, central venous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPLICATION; ERROR; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; SKILL; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036138840     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.1.144     Document Type: Article

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