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Case Report: Using ultrasound to prevent a broken catheter from migrating to the heart.
Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters can break off while still in the patient, with possible detrimental effects such as upstream migration to the heart. These catheters have probably been damaged by the needle during a difficult insertion. A peripheral IV catheter was removed in a 90 year old pati...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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F1000Research
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713555 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11206.1 |