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Prevention of Catheter-Related Bacteremia with a Daily Ethanol Lock in Patients with Tunnelled Catheters: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) results in significant attributable morbidity and mortality. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we studied the efficacy and safety of a daily ethanol lock for the prevention of CRBSI in patients with a tunnelled cent...

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Autores principales: Slobbe, Lennert, Doorduijn, Jeanette K., Lugtenburg, Pieternella J., el Barzouhi, Abdelilah, Boersma, Eric, van Leeuwen, Willem B., Rijnders, Bart J. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010840