Complications of implanted central venous catheters in neutropenic children

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1079-1082

  Elihu, Arvand ^a   Gollin, Gerald ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; INDWELLING CATHETER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOUND HEALING;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38449097307     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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