Investigation of the cause of polyurethane catheter cracking during constant infusion of etoposide (VP-16) injection (2): Analysis of ethanol eluting materials from catheter

Yakugaku Zasshi

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 799-803

  Yokoyama, Haruko ^a   Aoyama, Takao ^a   Nakajima, Katsuyoshi ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiko ^a   Sato, Hitoshi ^b   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Hirai, Hisamaru ^a   Iga, Tatsuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,4 butanediol; Catheter cracking; Ethanol; Etoposide injection; Polyethylene glycol 400; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG VEHICLE; ETOPOSIDE; MACROGOL 400; POLYURETHAN; 1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 1,4-BUTANEDIOL; BUTANEDIOL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFUSION; INJECTION; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; TIME;

BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ETHANOL; ETOPOSIDE; INJECTIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0642336259     PISSN: 00316903     EISSN: 13475231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.123.799     Document Type: Article

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