Something's missing: Peripheral intravenous catheter fracture

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-806

  Glassberg, Elon ^a   Lending, Gadi ^a   Abbou, Benyamine ^b   Lipsky, Ari M ^a  

^a Trauma Branch   (Israel)

^b Navy Israel Defense Forces   (Israel)

Author keywords

Case reports; Embolism; Peripheral venous catheter; Procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; ISRAEL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERFORATION; PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER FRACTURE; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS; TOURNIQUET; VEIN SURGERY;

CASE REPORTS; EMBOLISM; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PROCEDURES;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HAND; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888352435     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130097     Document Type: Article

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