Does elective re-siting of intravenous cannulae decrease peripheral thrombophlebitis? A randomized controlled study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 60-62

  Nishanth, S ^a   Sivaram, G ^a   Kalayarasan, R ^a   Kate, Vikram ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 69249168199     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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