The history of peripheral intravenous catheters : How little plastic tubes revolutionized medicine

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-282

  Rivera, A M ^a   Strauss, K W ^b   Van Zundert, André ^c   Mortier, E ^d  

^a Kaplan Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Safety in Medicine   (Belgium)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equipment; Medical history; Parenteral nutritional; Peripheral venous catheterization; Transfusion; Venous access device

Indexed keywords

RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHOLERA; DEVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; REVIEW; SYRINGE; TUBE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHOLERA; FLUID THERAPY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PLASTICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 26944462371     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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