The Relationship Between the Thrombotic and Infectious Complications of Central Venous Catheters

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 13, 1994, Pages 1014-1016

  Raad, Issam I ^a   Luna, Mario ^a   Khalil, Sayed Ahmed M ^a   Costerton, John W ^a   Lam, Chau ^a   Bodey, Gerald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84942476317     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03510370066034     Document Type: Article

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