Use of hand-held ultrasonography to confirm the correct placement of a central venous catheter tip
โ Scribed by Tomoyuki Ohta; Fumio Tsujimoto; Yasuo Nakajima; Akihiro Ohyama; Maho Sakamoto; Akiko Kishino; Kazumitsu Hamasuna; Giichiro Ohno; Atsushi Tsugu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1346-4523
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