Ethanol lock therapy (E-lock) in the prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CR-BSI) after Major Heart Surgery (MHS): A randomized clinical trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pérez Granda, María Jesús ^a,c,d   Barrio, JoséMaría ^a,c,d   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,c,d   Hortal, Javier ^a,c,d   Rincón, Cristina ^a   Rabadán, Pablo Martin ^a,c,d   Pernia, Maria Sagrario ^b   Bouza, Emilio ^a,c,d  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ETHANOL LOCK THERAPY; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; THORAX PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899864044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091838     Document Type: Article

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