Accidental guide-wire loss during central venous catheterization: A report of two life-threatening cases

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-54

  Ghatak, Tanmoy ^a   Azim, Afzal ^a   Baronia, Arvind K ^a   Ghatak, Neelima K ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CSSMU   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GUIDE WIRE LOSS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTUBATION; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84879354840     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.112148     Document Type: Letter

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