Central venous catheter integrity during mechanical power injection of iodinated contrast medium

Radiology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 870-878

  Macha, Douglas B ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Howle, Laurens E ^a   Hollingsworth, John W ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFUSION RATE; INJECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESSURE; RUPTURE;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; RUPTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949144522     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2533081086     Document Type: Article

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