Routine chest X-ray is not required after a low-risk central venous cannulation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1145-1152

  Pikwer, A ^a,c   Baath L ^b   Perstoft, I ^a   Davidson, B ^a   Akeson J ^a  

^a Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949161480     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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