Atypical pulmonary embolism of port catheter fragments in oncology patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Surov, Alexey ^a   Jordan, Karin ^a   Buerke, Michael ^a   Persing, Monica ^a   Wollschlaeger, Bettina ^a   Behrmann, Curd ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pinch off sign; Port catheter fracture; Port malfunction; Pulmonary embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PINCH OFF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646455329     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0011-8     Document Type: Article

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