Correct positioning of the venous Port-A-Cath catheter: Comparison of intravascular electrocardiography signal from guidewire and sodium bicarbonate flushed catheter

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 603-607

  Cheng, K I ^a   Chu, K S ^a   Chen, L T ^a   Tang, C S ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ECG: Guidewire, sodium bicarbonate, Port A Cath, intravascular; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; THROMBOSIS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0036798431     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000510     Document Type: Article

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