Complication Rates and Outcomes of 536 Implanted Subcutaneous Chest Ports. Do Rates Differ Based on the Primary Operator's Level of Training?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-467

  Silas, Anne M ^a   Perrich, Kiley D ^b   Hoffer, Eric K ^a   McNulty, Nancy J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS CENTRAL VENOUS ACCESS DEVICE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649192249     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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