Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: The new standard of care?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1875-1877

  Feller Kopman, David ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central catheter; Central venous catheter; Internal jugular vein; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANNULATION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 23844478560     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000174483.90346.60     Document Type: Editorial

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