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Early postoperative interventional ASD-closure for severe atrial right to left shunt in a neonate with common arterial trunk [PDF]

, 2013
Although closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD II) with an occluding device in the first year of life is not a routine procedure, it is a feasible treatment, even in neonates.
Eicken, Andreas, Hess, John, Dilber, Daniel   +2 more
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Risk factors for central venous catheter-related infections in surgical and intensive care units. The Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections Study Group. [PDF]

, 1994
To identify avoidable risk factors for central venous catheter (CVC) infections in patients undergoing short-term ...
Cozzi Lepri, A, Moro, ML, Viganò, EF
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Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people [PDF]

, 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms.
Phillips, Gabby, McMurdo, Marion E. T., Louise A Beveridge, Peter G Davey, Beveridge, Louise A., Davey, Peter G., Gabby Phillips   +6 more
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A study of urinary catheter encrustation in patients with Proteus urinary tract infection. [PDF]

, 2007
The most common cause of encrustation and blockage of long term urinary catheters is colonisation of the urinary tract by Proteus spp. However, the degree of encrustation experienced by those with Proteus colonisation differs markedly between ...
Mathur, S.
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Trisodium citrate 4% versus heparin as a catheter lock for non-tunneled hemodialysis catheters in critically ill patients: a multicenter, randomized clinical trial

, 2019
Background Non-tunneled hemodialysis catheters are currently used for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury requiring extracorporeal renal replacement therapy. Strategies to prevent catheter dysfunction and infection with catheter locks remain
Gaël Piton, Rémi Bruyère, Saber Davide Barbar, Quenot, Jean-Pierre, Chaouki Mezher, Piton, Gaël, Julio Badie, Abderrahmane Bourredjem, Binquet, Christine, Julie Helms, Bruyere, Rémi, Dargent, Auguste, Auguste Dargent, Fleck, Camille, Meziani, Ferhat, Boulin, Mathieu, Amélie Cransac, Cransac, Amélie, Agnès Soudry-Faure, Jean-Michel Rebibou, Bourredjem, Abderrahmane, Blasco, Gilles, Gilles Blasco, Mezher, Chaouki, Thomas Crepin, Ferhat Meziani, Barbar, Saber Davide, Camille Fleck, Crepin, Thomas, Abdelouaid Nadji, Capellier, Gilles, for the VERROU-REA Trial Investigators and the CRICS TRIGGERSEP Group (Clinical Research in Intensive Care and Sepsis Trial Group for Global Evaluation and Research in Sepsis), Gilles Capellier, Badie, Julio, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Christine Binquet, Rebibou, Jean-Michel, Soudry-Faure, Agnès, Helms, Julie, Mathieu Boulin, Nadji, Abdelouaid   +40 more
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Prevention of central venous catheter occlusion by saline with or without heparin in intensive care unit after surgical intervention: a double-blind, randomized trial [PDF]

Heparinized saline is used to prevent catheter obstruction; however, it is associated with concerns regarding the incidence of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and the accuracy of the blood test results.
Nishiwaki, Kimitoshi, Matsuoka, Yuri, Tamura, Takahiro, Kawaguchi, Mariko, Ando, Masahiko, Inagaki, Takayuki, Suzuki, Shogo, Kobayashi, Eri, Kubo, Yoko, Miyagawa, Yasuhiro, Nakamoto, Masayuki, Fujii, Akiko, Imaizumi, Takahiro   +12 more
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of preventing and treating Staphylococcus aureus carriage in reducing peritoneal catheter-related infections [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives: To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of (1) alternative strategies for the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and (2) alternative strategies for the eradication of S.
Fraser, Cynthia Mary, L Vale, Fraser, C., K Rabindranath, I Gould, McCormack, Kirsty, Kilonzo, Mary Mueni, Rabindranath, K., C Fraser, Valery, L., Gould, Ian M, Kilonzo, M., S Thomas, Fluck, N., Waugh, N., Rothnie, H., H Rothnie, N Waugh, Gould, I., K McCormack, N Fluck, Thomas, S., M Kilonzo, McCormack, K., L McIntyre, McIntyre, L., Waugh, Norman Robert, Vale, Luke David, Thomas, Sumesh   +28 more
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Effect of sacubitril/valsartan on sinus rhythm maintenance after catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation without reduced ejection fraction heart failure: a study protocol for a multi-center, open-label, randomized, controlled, superiority clinical trial

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
IntroductionA high recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation was monitored after catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. Sacubitril/valsartan can improve outcomes for patients with heart failure and ventricular tachycardia, but few studies ...
Ruowu Qiu, Ruowu Qiu, Qingqing Ni, Qingqing Ni, Muli Wu, Muli Wu, Zhongbo Xiao, Zhongbo Xiao, Jiaxin Xiao, Jiaxin Xiao, Weizhao Lin, Weipeng Huang, Yequn Chen, Yequn Chen, Chang Chen, Chang Chen, Liekai Hong, Liekai Hong, Liekai Hong   +18 more
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Joint UK societies' 2014 consensus statement on renal denervation for resistant hypertension. [PDF]

, 2014
Resistant hypertension continues to pose a major challenge to clinicians worldwide and has serious implications for patients who are at increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with this diagnosis.
Matson, M, Williams, B, Paton, JF, Kapil, Vikas, Moss, J, Simpson, Iain, Knight, Charles, Poulter, Neil, Poulter, N, Collier, David, de Belder, Mark A, Caulfield, Mark J, Matson, Matthew, Simpson, I, Cleveland, Trevor, Deanfield, John, Lobo, MD, de Belder, MA, Williams, Bryan, Lobo, Melvin D, Moss, Jonathan, Caulfield, MJ, Kapil, V, Knight, C, Paton, Julian F R, Dasgupta, I, Paton, JFR, Deanfield, J, ?, ?, Cleveland, T, Collier, D, Dasgupta, Indranil   +31 more
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Antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infections in critically ill children-A survey of pediatric infectious diseases and critical care clinicians for clinical equipoise.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveTo describe antibiotic treatment durations that pediatric infectious diseases (ID) and critical care clinicians usually recommend for bloodstream infections in critically ill children.DesignAnonymous, online practice survey using five common ...
Sandra Pong, Robert A Fowler, Srinivas Murthy, Jeffrey M Pernica, Elaine Gilfoyle, Patricia Fontela, Nicholas Mitsakakis, Asha C Bowen, Winnie Seto, Michelle Science, James S Hutchison, Philippe Jouvet, Asgar Rishu, Nick Daneman   +13 more
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