Ultrasound-guided peripheral venous access in severely ill patients with suspected difficult vascular puncture

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 279-280

  Kerforne, Thomas ^a   Petitpas, Franck ^a,b   Frasca, Denis ^a,b,c   Goudet, Véronique ^a,c   Robert, René ^a,c   Mimoz, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 84855465158     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2054     Document Type: Letter

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