Comparison of complications in midlines versus central venous catheters: Are midlines safer than central venous lines?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 788-792

  Mushtaq, Ammara ^a   Navalkele, Bhagyashri ^a   Kaur, Maninder ^a   Krishna, Amar ^a   Saleem, Aleena ^a   Rana, Natasha ^a   Gera, Sonia ^a   Chandramohan, Suganya ^a   Surapaneni, Malini ^a   Chopra, Teena ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Central venous catheter; Midline catheter; Peripherally inserted central catheters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EVENT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; INCIDENCE; MICHIGAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85042856230     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.006     Document Type: Article

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