Intraperitoneal extravasation of total parental nutrition infusate from an umbilical venous catheter

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shareena, Ishak ^a   Khu, Y S ^a   Cheah, F C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ascites; Paracentesis; Total parenteral nutrition; Umbilical venous catheter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PARACENTESIS; PREMATURITY; SEPSIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UMBILICAL VEIN; ASCITES; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN;

ASCITES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PARACENTESIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 40749088524     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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