A Controlled Trial of Scheduled Replacement of Central Venous and Pulmonary-Artery Catheters

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 15, 1992, Pages 1062-1068

  Cobb, David K ^a   High, Kevin P ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a   Sable, Carole A ^a   Adams, Reid B ^a   Lindley, Dwight A ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Schwenzer, Karen J ^a   Farr, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLEEDING; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; THROMBOSIS;

ANTISEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026746473     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199210083271505     Document Type: Article

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