Catheter

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Additional Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• Broviac catheter
• central venous catheter
• epidural catheter
• Hickman catheter
• indwelling catheter
• intravascular catheter (vascular access, intravenous access)
• peripherally-inserted central catheter (PICC)
• port-A-cath
• Swan-Ganz catheter (pulmonary artery catheter)
• urinary catheter

Introduction

• A tubular instrument to allow passage of fluid from or into a body cavity.

Additional Terms

• catheter-related infection
• catheterization

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

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