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Catheter-related Blood Stream Infection in Patients Receiving Long-term Home Parenteral Nutrition: Tertiary Care Hospital Experience in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND/AIM: Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a lifesaving therapy for patients with many severe conditions, including intestinal failure. Some patients require long-term PN therapy, which makes home parenteral nutrition (HPN) an attractive option to improve the quality of life. Among the most common...

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Autores principales: Al-Tawil, Esraa S., Almuhareb, Alanoud M., Amin, Hamdy M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488325
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.187604