Thrombotic complications of a femoral central venous catheter

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 714-715

  Desmond, Joel ^a   Teece, Stewart ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUGULAR VEIN; LUNG EDEMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; AGED; EMERGENCY; FRACTURE; MALE; REVIEW;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EMERGENCIES; FEMORAL VEIN; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 8644263910     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.019695     Document Type: Short Survey

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