The Vanderbilt PICC service: Program, procedural, and patient outcomes successes

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 183-192

  Burns, Doug ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344456735     PISSN: 10830081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2309/java.10-4-10     Document Type: Article

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