Intravenous access in the emergency patient

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 120-127

  Grevstad, Ulrik ^a   Gregersen, Peter ^b   Rasmussen, Lars S ^a  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central venous; Intraosseus; Intravascular access; Peripheral intravenous; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 67349261991     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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