A Novel Method for Measuring Catheter Lock Spillage: An In Vitro Study

Artificial Organs

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 824-829

  Polaschegg, Hans Dietrich ^a   Schilcher, Gernot ^b  

^a Medical Devices Department   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catheter; Catheter lock; In vivo; Measurement; Spillage

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CATHETERS; ELECTRODES; LAMINAR FLOW;

BLOOD PURIFICATION; CATHETER LOCK; FLOW BYES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NOVEL METHODS; PARENTERAL NUTRITIONS; SPILLAGE; TRI-SODIUM CITRATES; VITRO STUDIES;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

CITRATE TRISODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETER; CATHETER LOCK SPILLAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866181588     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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