Early thrombosis of the superior vena cava in a patient with a central venous catheter and carcinoma of the ampulla of vater

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1195-1197

  Cannon, Robert ^a   Shah, Malay ^a   Suydam, Erin ^a   Gucwa, Angela ^a   Bowden, Talmadge ^a   Holsten Jr , Steven B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FLUID SHIFT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TUMOR VOLUME; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AMPULLA OF VATER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 57449104350     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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