The catheter to vein ratio and rates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in patients with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC): A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 677-685

  Sharp, Rebecca ^a   Cummings, Melita ^b   Fielder, Andrea ^a   Mikocka Walus, Antonina ^c   Grech, Carol ^a   Esterman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing; Peripherally inserted central catheter; Ultrasonography; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84923093207     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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