A simple technique to retrieve a guidewire forgotten within a central venous catheter;Une technique simple pour retirer le guide métallique oublié dans un cathéter veineux central

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 742-743

  Richa, F ^a   Yazigi, A ^a   El Hage, C ^a   Tabet, G ^a   Yazbeck, P ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Guidewire; Human error

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; LETTER; RETAINED INSTRUMENT;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77957757382     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2010.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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