Once-versus twice-weekly changing of central venous catheter occlusive dressing in intensive chemotherapy patients: Results of a randomized multicenter study

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Vokurka, Samuel ^a   Bystricka, Eva ^a   Visokaiova, Maria ^b   Scudlova, Jana ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Chemotherapy; Occlusive dressing; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYTARABINE; POLYURETHAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; BLOOD; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFLAMMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; TIME;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PAIN; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349188114     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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