How much is catheter flow influenced by the use of closed luer lock access devices?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3061-3064

  Eloot, Sunny ^a   De Vos, Jean Yves ^b   Hombrouckx, Remi ^b   Verdonck, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AZ Werken Glorieux   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catheter; Connection; Flow resistance; Haemodialysis; Infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WATER FLOW;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 36049002522     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm314     Document Type: Article

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