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Bench-to-bedside review: Challenges of diagnosis, care and prevention of central catheter-related bloodstream infections in children

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are indispensable in modern pediatric medicine. CVCs provide secure vascular access, but are associated with a risk of severe complications, in particular bloodstream infection. We provide a review of the recent literature about the diagnostic and therapeutic challeng...

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Autores principales: Janum, Susanne, Zingg, Walter, Classen, Volker, Afshari, Arash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24041298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12730