Major complications after percutaneous nephrostomy - Lessons from a department audit

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Lewis, S ^a   Patel, Uday ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Complications; Hydronephrosis; Nephrostomy; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEPHROSTOMY; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSTATE DISEASE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0742324080     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00336-2     Document Type: Article

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