The role of saline flush injection rate in displacement of CT-injectable peripherally inserted central catheter tip during power injection of contrast material

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Morden, Peter ^a   Sokhandon, Farnoosh ^a   Miller, Laura ^b   Savin, Michael ^a   Kirsch, Matthias ^a   Farah, Michael ^a   Silbergleit, Richard ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AngioDynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter tip displacement; CT power injectable peripherally inserted central catheter; CT protocol; Saline flush

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER TIP DISPLACEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CT POWER INJECTABLE PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; POWER INJECTION; POWER INJECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYRINGE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84891925101     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.10625     Document Type: Article

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