Determination of complication rate of PICC lines in Oncological Patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 663-667

  Haider, Ghulam ^a   Kumar, Shiyam ^a   Salam, Basit ^a   Masood, Nehal ^a   Jamal, Asim ^a   Rasheed, Yasmeen Abdul ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349299878     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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