Loss of catheter lock fluid is caused by hydraulic effects and not by diffusion

Blood Purification

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-

  Polaschegg, Hans Dietrich ^a  

^a Dietrich Polaschegg ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; CATHETER; DIFFUSION; HEMODIALYSIS; LETTER; LIQUID; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 70350342306     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000231989     Document Type: Letter

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