Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 179-182 , October 2008

Dislodgment of Port-A-Cath Catheters in Children

  • Chi-Lin Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Cheng-Ching Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Man Chou

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Te-Kau Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Ling Jan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chih Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yun-Ching Fu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160 Section 3, Chung-Kang Road, Taichung 40705, Taiwan

Received 20 May 2008 ,Revised 13 June 2008 ,Accepted 19 September 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60005-X

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60005-X

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 179-182 , October 2008

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