A survey of the current use of peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) in Swedish oncology departments

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1241-1242

  Johansson, Eva ^a   Hammarskjöld, Fredrik ^b,c   Lundberg, Dag ^d   Arnlind, Marianne Heibert ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK; SWEDEN; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THYROIDECTOMY;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; SWEDEN;

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

EID: 84983132659     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.806820     Document Type: Letter

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