Editorial: Prevention of catheter-related thrombosis after cardiac surgery: Is heparin the answer?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-532

  Meyer, Andrew D J ^a   Jacobs, Brian R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; central venous catheter; congenital heart disease; heparin; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PLACEBO; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; NOTE; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954651507     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181d4fe19     Document Type: Editorial

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