Arterial bubbles from the venous line

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-215

  Willcox, Timothy W ^a,b   Mitchell, Simon J ^a,b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBOLISM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NOTE; OXYGENATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; OXYGENATOR; PATHOLOGY; VEIN;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EMBOLISM, AIR; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; OXYGENATORS, MEMBRANE; VEINS;

EID: 39049175358     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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