A large radial artery false aneurysm after repeated arterial punctures, causing compartment syndrome of the forearm [5]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1032-

  Matsagas, Miltiadis I ^a   Mitsis, Michael ^a   Rigopoulos, Christos ^a   Theodossiou, Vasiliki ^a   Koulouras, Vasilios ^a   Polyzoidis, Konstantinos ^a   Kappas, Angelos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOREARM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PUNCTURE; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0038466328     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1762-7     Document Type: Letter

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