Evaluation of the silver iontophoretic catheter in an animal model

Biomaterials

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3619-3622

  Hachem, Ray Y ^a   Wright, Kenneth C ^a   Zermeno, Alfonso ^a   Bodey, Gerald P ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal; Catheter; Silver

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SILVER; SKIN; TOXICITY;

SILVER IONTOPHORETIC CATHETERS (SIC);

CATHETERS;

SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; IONTOPHORESIS; JUGULAR VEIN; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SKIN CULTURE; SPLEEN; THERMAL INJURY; TOXICITY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038384420     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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