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

BACKGROUND: Tunnelled central venous dialysis catheter use is significantly limited by the occurrence of catheter-related infections. This randomised controlled trial assessed the efficacy of a 48 hour 70% ethanol lock vs heparin locks in prolonging the time to the first episode of catheter related...

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Autores principales: Broom, Jennifer K, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Hawley, Carmel M, Playford, E Geoffrey, Johnson, David W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23121768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-146

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23121768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-146

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