Normal saline versus heparin for patency of central venous catheters in adult patients - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhong, Lei ^a   Wang, Hai Li ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Yuan, Yao ^a   Wang, Xin ^b   Zhang, Ying ying ^a   Ji, Li ^a   Pan, Zi mu ^a   Hu, Zhan Sheng ^a  

^a JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Heparin; Normal saline; Occlusion

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER PATENCY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; LAVAGE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CATHETER OBSTRUCTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85008402626     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1585-x     Document Type: Article

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