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Peripherally InSerted CEntral catheter dressing and securement in patients with cancer: the PISCES trial. Protocol for a 2x2 factorial, superiority randomised controlled trial

INTRODUCTION: Around 30% of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) fail from vascular, infectious or mechanical complications. Patients with cancer are at highest risk, and this increases morbidity, mortality and costs. Effective PICC dressing and securement may prevent PICC failure; howeve...

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Autores principales: Rickard, Claire M, Marsh, Nicole M, Webster, Joan, Gavin, Nicole C, Chan, Raymond J, McCarthy, Alexandra L, Mollee, Peter, Ullman, Amanda J, Kleidon, Tricia, Chopra, Vineet, Zhang, Li, McGrail, Matthew R, Larsen, Emily, Choudhury, Md Abu, Keogh, Samantha, Alexandrou, Evan, McMillan, David J, Mervin, Merehau Cindy, Paterson, David L, Cooke, Marie, Ray-Barruel, Gillian, Castillo, Maria Isabel, Hallahan, Andrew, Corley, Amanda, Geoffrey Playford, E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5734285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015291