American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 311.e1-311.e5 , September 2009

Complications of central venous catheters during pregnancy and postpartum: a case series

Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

Received 27 February 2009 ,Revised 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Nuthalapaty FS, Beck MM, Mabie WC. Complications of central venous catheters during pregnancy and postpartum: a case series. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:311.e1-5.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00642-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.020

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 311.e1-311.e5 , September 2009

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