Variations in peripherally inserted central catheter use and outcomes in Michigan hospitals

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 548-551

  Chopra, Vineet ^a,b   Smith, Shawna ^a,b   Swaminathan, Lakshmi ^c   Boldenow, Tanya ^d   Kaatz, Scott ^e   Bernstein, Steven J ^a,b   Flanders, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Beaumont Hospital   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE LUMEN CATHETER; EXIT SITE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; MICHIGAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

CATHETER OBSTRUCTION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84962750078     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8402     Document Type: Letter

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