Equivalence of posterior internal jugular and subclavian accesses in the incidence of central venous catheter related bacteremia [12]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2230-2231

  Lorente, Leonardo ^a   Jiménez, Alejandro ^a   Galván, Ramón ^a   García, Carolina ^a   Castedo, Juan ^a   Martín, María M ^a   Mora, María L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LETTER; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

EID: 36448963445     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0853-2     Document Type: Letter

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