Immediate versus delayed access of implantable venous access devices: Does the timing of access make a difference to the frequency of complications?

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 613-615

  Hanley, Cathy ^a,c   Nagel, Kim ^b   Odame, Isaac ^b   Fitzgerald, Peter ^b   Husain, Maitham ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Division of Pediatric Surgery ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Catheter related infections; Child; Epidemiology; Evaluations; Implantable; Vascular access devices

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTRAVASATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041568462     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200308000-00005     Document Type: Article

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