Quality improvement guidelines for percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and biliary drainage

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 677-681

  Burke, Dana R ^b   Lewis, Curtis A ^b   Cardella, John F ^b   Citron, Steven J ^b   Drooz, Alain T ^b   Haskal, Ziv J ^b   Husted, James W ^b   McCowan, Timothy C ^b   Van Moore, A ^a,b   Oglevie, Steven B ^b   Sacks, David ^b   Spies, James B ^b   Towbin, Richard B ^b   Bakal, Curtis W ^b  

^a Soc of Cardiovasc/Invtl Radiology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bile duct radiography, quality assurance; Bile ducts, drainage; Cholangiography, quality assurance; Standards of practice

Indexed keywords

BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLEEDING; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; DEATH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 12644250098     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(97)70630-4     Document Type: Article

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