Is a routine chest x-ray necessary for children after fluoroscopically assisted central venous access?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1199-1202

  Janik, James E ^a,b   Cothren, C Clay ^a,b   Janik, Joseph S ^a   Hendrickson, Richard J ^a,b   Bensard, Denis D ^a,b   Partrick, David A ^a,b   Karrer, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line placement; Chest x ray; Fluoroscopy; Percutaneous central venous access; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0042360618     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00267-7     Document Type: Article

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