Ultrasonographic Guidance for all Central Venous Catheter Insertions: A "Desirable Practice Alternative," or the New Standard of Care?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 720-721

  Ault, Mark J ^a   Rosen, Bradley T ^a   Ault, Brian W ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34247130513     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.11.029     Document Type: Letter

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