A retrospective analysis of our 15-year experience with bedside 'blind' positioning of long-term tunneled Groshong® catheters, in the pre-ultrasound era

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-38

  Pittiruti, Mauro ^a   Malerba, Marina ^a   La Greca, Antonio ^a   Emoli, Alessandro ^a   Nanni, Lorenzo ^a   Cozza, Tiziana ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 65249101577     PISSN: 15528855     EISSN: 15571289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2309/java.14-1-6     Document Type: Article

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