Intravenous administration issues: A comparison of intravenous insertions and complications in vancomycin versus other antibiotics

Journal of Infusion Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-118

  Roszell, Sheila ^a   Jones, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; PHLEBITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHLEBITIS; PHLEBOTOMY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 77949559704     PISSN: 15331458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0b013e3181cfcee4     Document Type: Review

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