Central venous catheter thrombosis associated with 70% ethanol locks in pediatric intestinal failure patients on home parenteral nutrition: A case series

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-360

  Wong, Theodoric ^a,b,c   Clifford, Vanessa ^b   McCallum, Zoë ^a,c   Shalley, Helen ^a   Peterkin, Megan ^a   Paxton, Georgia ^a,b   Bines, Julie E ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

central venous catheters; ethanol; pediatrics; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OUTPATIENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84860284368     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607111414713     Document Type: Article

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