A microbiological survey of bicarbonate-based replacement circuits in continuous veno-venous hemofiltration

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 496-500

  Moore, Iain ^a   Bhat, Rammohan ^a   Hoenich, Nicholas A ^b   Kilner, Andrew J ^a   Prabhu, Mahesh ^a   Orr, Katherine E ^a   Kanagasundaram, Nigel S ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Biofilm; Dialysis solutions; Endotoxin; Renal dialysis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ENDOTOXIN; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTINUOUS VENO VENOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOFILTRATION CIRCUITRY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

BACTERIA; BICARBONATES; BIOFILMS; ENDOTOXINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 67649519552     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181957987     Document Type: Article

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