Evaluation of a unique, nurse-inserted, peripherally inserted central catheter program

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1602-1606

  Gamulka, Beth ^a,b   Mendoza, Cristina ^a   Connolly, Bairbre ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Nurse; Peripherally inserted central catheter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER CARE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; NURSE; PALPATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BANDAGE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARRHYTHMIA; BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOTHORAX; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; INPATIENTS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PALPATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 27744490549     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0542     Document Type: Article

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