Groshong catheter-related complications in children with cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 947-951

  Ruggiero, Antonio ^a   Barone, Giuseppe ^a   Margani, Gabriella ^a   Nanni, Lorenzo ^a   Pittiruti, Mauro ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Groshong CVC; Infections; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951764198     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22416     Document Type: Article

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