Catheter Related Bloodstream Infection (CR-BSI) in ICU Patients: Making the Decision to Remove or Not to Remove the Central Venous Catheter

BACKGROUND: Approximately 150 million central venous catheters (CVC) are used each year in the United States. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) are one of the most important complications of the central venous catheters (CVCs). Our objective was to compare the in-hospital mortality wh...

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Autores principales: Deliberato, Rodrigo Octávio, Marra, Alexandre R., Corrêa, Thiago Domingos, Martino, Marinês Dalla Vale, Correa, Luci, dos Santos, Oscar Fernando Pavão, Edmond, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22403696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032687

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