Is chest X-ray still necessary after central venous catheter insertion?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 715-716

  Ammirati, Christine ^a   Maizel, Julien ^a,b   Slama, Michel ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 74949092607     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfeb45     Document Type: Editorial

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