Low incidence of adverse events in outpatient pediatric renal allograft biopsies

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-200

  Birk, Patricia E ^a,c   Blydt Hansen, Tom D ^a   Dart, Allison B ^a   Kaita, Lisa M ^b   Proulx, Cynthia ^b   Taylor, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Graft rejection; Kidney transplantation; Needle; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY DEVICE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; TISSUE SECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33846644527     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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