The effect of cannula material on the incidence of peripheral venous thrombophlebitis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1139-1142

  Gupta, A ^a   Mehta, Y ^a   Juneja, R ^a   Trehan, N ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 35048858316     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05180.x     Document Type: Article

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