Unnecessary Removal of Central Venous Catheters in Cancer Patients with Bloodstream Infections: Impact on Symptom Burden

BACKGROUND: Current IDSA guidelines mandate removal and re-insertion of Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) in the setting of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) caused by virulent pathogens. However, CVC may be retained in the setting of non-CLABSI. There has been little if any quan...

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Autores principales: Chaftari, Anne-Marie, Raad, Sammy, Hachem, Ray Y, Shah, Pankil, Jiang, Ying, Natividad, Elizabeth, Cleeland, Charles, Rosenblatt, Joel, Raad, Issam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631341/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1685

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631341/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1685

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