Peripherally inserted central venous catheters in the acute care setting: A safe alternative to high-risk short-term central venous catheters
- 31 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 38 (2), 149-153
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.008
Abstract
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