Catheter locking solution spillage: Theory and experimental verification

Blood Purification

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Polaschegg, Hans Dietrich ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood access; Catheter; Locking solutions; Photometry; Spillage

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; SPILLAGE;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HEPARIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 44349107832     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000123706     Document Type: Article

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