The history of peripheral intravenous catheters: how little plastic tubes revolutionized medicine

Acta Anaesthesiol Belg. 2005;56(3):271-82.

Authors

A M Rivera¹, K W Strauss, A van Zundert, E Mortier

Affiliation

¹ Kaplan Institute, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 16265830

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Blood Transfusion / history
Blood Transfusion / instrumentation
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects
Catheterization, Peripheral / history*
Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
Cholera / therapy
Fluid Therapy / history
Fluid Therapy / instrumentation
History, 17th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, Medieval
Humans
Plastics
Sodium Chloride

Substances

Plastics
Sodium Chloride