Lower incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection in subclavian venous access in the presence of tracheostomy than in femoral venous access: Prospective observational study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-872

  Lorente, L ^a   Jimenez A ^a   Martin M M ^a   Palmero, S ^a   Jimenez J J ^a   Mora, M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Central venous catheter; Femoral; Subclavian; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; TRACHEOSTOMY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 79959289122     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03406.x     Document Type: Article

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