Guide-wire embolism: A preventable complication

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-426

  Bhosale, Guruprasad P ^a   Shah, Veena R ^a  

^a Institute of Transplantation Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EID: 77957080752     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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