An audit of ultrasound - Assisted catheter insertion in patients receiving chemotherapy

Surgeon

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-35

  Shabbir, J ^a   Kallimutthu, S G ^a   O'Sullivan, J B ^a   Nisar, A ^a   Kavanagh, E G ^a   Burke, P E ^a   Grace, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Indwelling catheters; Parenteral; USG

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; STREPTOKINASE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAFETY; SEPSIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 13844320570     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(05)80008-3     Document Type: Article

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