Increased complication rates associated with Port-a-Cath placement in pediatric patients: Location matters

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1263-1268

  Fallon, Sara C ^a   Larimer, Emily L ^a   Gwilliam, Natalie R ^a   Nuchtern, Jed G ^a   Rodriguez, J Ruben ^a   Lee, Timothy C ^a   Lopez, Monica E ^a   Kim, Eugene S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line; Pediatrics; Port a Cath; Subcutaneous venous access device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATHETER; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORT A CATH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; X RAY;

CENTRAL LINE; PEDIATRICS; PORT-A-CATH; SUBCUTANEOUS VENOUS ACCESS DEVICE;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLAVICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC WALL; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84880025594     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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