Watchful waiting versus immediate catheter removal in ICU patients with suspected catheter-related infection: A randomized trial

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1073-1080

  Rijnders, Bart J ^a   Peetermans, Willy E ^b   Verwaest, Charles ^b   Wilmer, Alexander ^b   Van Wijngaerden, Eric ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BACTEREMIA; BELGIUM; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042680693     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2212-x     Document Type: Article

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