Hickman catheter embolism in a child during stem cell transplantation

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-169

  Ahmed, Parvez ^a   Khan, Badshah ^a   Ullah, Khalil ^a   Ahmed, Waqas ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   Khan, Asif Ali ^a   Anwar, Masood ^b  

^a National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Embolism; Hickman catheter; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TEICOPLANIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HICKMAN CATHETER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECIPIENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX SURGERY;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0037732739     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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