A delayed diagnosis of a retained guidewire during central venous catheterisation: A case report and review of the literature

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gunduz, Yasemin ^a   Vatan, Mehmet Bulent ^a   Osken, Altug ^a   Cakar, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COLOSTOMY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GUIDEWIRE RETENTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INCISION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84872198753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007064     Document Type: Article

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