Factors prompting early central venous catheter removal from cancer patients with candidaemia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Velasco, Eduardo ^a   Portugal, Rodrigo Doyle ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CANDIDEMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 78650281525     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.524657     Document Type: Article

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