The use of central venous catheters during emergency prehospital care: A 2-year experience

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Fyntanidou, Barbara ^a,e   Fortounis, Konstantinos ^b   Amaniti, Katerina ^b   Katsanoulas, Konstantinos ^c   Mouloudi, Eleni ^c   Grosomanidis, Vasilis ^d   Boutlis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (Greece)

^b Emergency Medical Services

^c General Hospital 'Çéppokration'

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Central venous catheters malposition; Prehospital emergency care; Venous catheter insertion related complications

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEART ARREST; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INJURY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREECE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS;

EID: 68949093733     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32831270c4     Document Type: Article

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