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Central line infections

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2002
Central venous catheters are commonly used in the critical care setting. Unfortunately, their use is often associated with complications, including fatal infections. Making the diagnosis of central venous catheter infection can be difficult. Additionally, resistance among the more common organisms that cause catheter-related infection is increasing ...
Rondall K, Lane, Michael A, Matthay
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Central Line Sepsis

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2003
Since 1980, the placement of central venous access devices has become routine, and these catheters have been of great benefit in the treatment of patients with cancer. Unfortunately, central venous catheters have not been without complications. Central line sepsis has been reported to be one of the most frequently occurring complications, and although ...
Kimberly K. Peterson, Jeannine M. Brant
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The Association Between Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection and Central Line Access*

Critical Care Medicine, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Identifying modifiable risk factors associated with central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) may lead to modifications to central line (CL) management. We hypothesize that the number of CL accesses per day is associated with an increased risk for CLABSI and that a significant fraction of CL access ...
Andrew, Ward   +9 more
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Near death by central line

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2013
A 67-year-old man presented to Emergency Department with acute epigastric pain, tachycardia and hyperamylasaemia. The provisional diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was made and a femoral central line was inserted for fluid resuscitation. One hour later, the patient had a sudden witnessed ventricular fibrillation arrest (2 min duration) necessitating ...
Hsiang, Chung   +3 more
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