Central venous catheters: a survey of ICU practices
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Complications associated with central venous catheters. A survey.
The Federal Food and Drug Administration has a system for reporting problems with medical devices that requires manufacturers of medical devices to report medical complications or equipment malfunction that causes, or could cause, death or serious injury. In a two-year period, central venous catheters were associated with 170 complications: tissue perforation, loss of catheter integrity, (inclu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Advanced Nursing
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0309-2402,1365-2648
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03193.x