No going back: Advantages of ultrasound-guided upper arm PICC placement

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Simcock, Liz ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 58149514401     PISSN: 15528855     EISSN: 15571289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2309/java.13-4-6     Document Type: Article

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