Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade as complications of neonatal long lines: Are they really a problem?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Beardsall, K ^a   White, D K ^a   Pinto, E M ^b   Kelsall, A W R ^a  

^a Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0038679753     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.4.f292     Document Type: Article

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