Complications of Hickman-Broviac catheters in children with malignancies

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Perdikaris, Pantelis ^a,c   Petsios, Konstantinos ^b   Vasilatou Kosmidis, Helen ^a   Matziou, Vasiliki ^b  

^a P and A Kyriakou General Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Complications; Infections; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE;

EID: 45749127006     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802106622     Document Type: Article

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