The stuck central venous catheter: Beware of potential hazards

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 650-652

  Mahadeva, S ^a   Cohen, A ^a   Bellamy, M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter damage; Complications; Equipment, catheters; Monitoring, physiological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 0036794326     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef239     Document Type: Article

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