Pressurized bag pump and syringe pump arterial flushing systems: An unrecognized hazard in neonates?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1638-1643

  Cornelius, A ^a   Fischer, J ^a   Frey, B ^a   Baenziger, O ^a   Gerber, A ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial flushing systems; Bag pumps; Flow regulating device; Newborns; Retrograde flow; Syringe pumps

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT; CANNULA; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUSHING; GRAVIMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PUMP; RADIAL ARTERY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SYRINGE; VELOCITY;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EMBOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LINEAR MODELS; PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 12244261873     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1474-4     Document Type: Article

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