Case report: Managing a knotted Seldinger wire in the subclavian vein during central venous cannulation

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-379

  Khan, Kamran Z ^a   Graham, Donald ^b   Ermenyi, Agota ^b   Pillay, Woolagasen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NIFEDIPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEUS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250160603     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022660     Document Type: Article

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