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Rationale and design of the HEALTHY-CATH trial: A randomised controlled trial of Heparin versus EthAnol Lock THerapY for the prevention of Catheter Associated infecTion in Haemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: Catheter-related bacteraemias (CRBs) contribute significantly to morbidity, mortality and health care costs in dialysis populations. Despite international guidelines recommending avoidance of catheters for haemodialysis access, hospital admissions for CRBs have doubled in the last decade...

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Autores principales: Broom, Jennifer K, O'Shea, Stacey, Govindarajulu, Sridevi, Playford, E Geoffrey, Hawley, Carmel M, Isbel, Nicole M, Campbell, Scott B, Mudge, David W, Carpenter, Sally, Johnson, Barbara C, Underwood, Neil P, Johnson, David W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19691852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-10-23