Ultrasonographically Guided Insertion of a 15-cm Catheter Into the Deep Brachial or Basilic Vein in Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Mills, Christopher N ^a   Liebmann, Otto ^a   Stone, Michael B ^a   Frazee, Bradley W ^a  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ARM; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34250205220     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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