Flushing the Central Venous Catheter: Is Heparin Necessary?

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Vascular Access

• Publication date

  2014-04-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.5301/jva.5000225PMID 24811598
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