Imaging and management of complications of central venous catheters

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-544

  Nayeemuddin, M ^a   Pherwani, A D ^a   Asquith, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY PUNCTURE; BLEEDING; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER FRACTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER KINKS; CATHETER MALPOSITION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHLEBITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PNEUMOTHORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84876103819     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.10.013     Document Type: Review

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