Should in-line filters be used in peripheral intravenous catheters to prevent infusion-related phlebitis? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1624-1629

  Niël Weise, Barbara S ^a   Stijnen, Theo ^a   Van Den Broek, Peterhans J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; GLUCOSE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FILTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE INDURATION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PHLEBITIS; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FILTRATION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PHLEBITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953220539     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181da8342     Document Type: Review

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