Venous Access Devices (cont.)
Medical Author:
Mark Horattas, MD
Coauthor:
Kathryn L Hale, MS, PA-C
Medical Editor:
Alan D Forker, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Jonathan Adler, MD
IN THIS ARTICLEAuthors and EditorsAuthor: Mark Horattas, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Akron General Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.Coauthor(s): Kathryn L Hale, MS, PA-C, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc. Editors: Alan D Forker, MD, Program Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship, Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jonathan Adler, MD, Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. Last Editorial Review: 9/25/2005 |
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