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Appropriateness of peripherally inserted central catheter use among general medical inpatients: an observational study using routinely collected data

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  • Amol A Verma Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alexander Kumachev Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sonam Shah Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yishan Guo Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hae Young Jung Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shail Rawal Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lauren Lapointe-Shaw Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Janice L Kwan Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adina Weinerman Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Terence Tang Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fahad Razak Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Amol A Verma, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada; amol.verma{at}mail.utoronto.ca
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Verma AA, Kumachev A, Shah S, et al
Appropriateness of peripherally inserted central catheter use among general medical inpatients: an observational study using routinely collected data
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:905-911.

Publication history

  • Received October 8, 2019
  • Revised February 7, 2020
  • Accepted February 15, 2020
  • First published March 8, 2020.
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October 19, 2020

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