Randomised clinical trial of elective re-siting of intravenous cannulae

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-283

  Barker, P ^a   Anderson, A D G ^a   MacFie, John ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystalloid; Intravenous infusions; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 3242746775     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804317     Document Type: Article

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