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Catheter placement and misplacement
1Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Critical Care Clinics
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
In the intensive care unit, multiple support and monitoring devices are used on acutely ill patients. Misplacement of these devices can be life threatening. This article demonstrates the ideal location, common misplacement, and complications of some of the commonly used ICU catheters and tubes.