Changes in upper extremity position cause migration of peripherally inserted central catheters in neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 131-136

  Nadroo, Ali M ^a   Glass, Ronald B ^a   Lin, Jing ^a,b   Green, Robert S ^b   Holzman, Ian R ^a  

^a Divisions of Newborn Medicine   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm movements; Catheters; Migration; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ELBOW FLEXION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERFORATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ARM; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ELBOW JOINT; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOVEMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0036306769     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.1.131     Document Type: Article

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