Unsuspected retained 60-cm intravenous guidewire

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Cassie, Conrad D ^a   Ginsberg, Michelle S ^a   Panicek, David M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body; iatrogenic injury; Images; interpretation; Missed diagnosis; Radiology and radiologists

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN BODY; IATROGENIC INJURY; IMAGES; INTERPRETATION; MISSED DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY AND RADIOLOGISTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 33745228432     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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