Journal
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 742-759Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5212-y
Keywords
Intravascular catheter; Thrombosis; Pulmonary emboli; Sepsis; Critically ill
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- Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
- 3M
- Carefusion-BD
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Intravascular catheters are inserted into almost all critically ill patients. This review provides up-to-date insight into available knowledge on epidemiology and diagnosis of complications of central vein and arterial catheters in ICU. It discusses the optimal therapy of catheter-related infections and thrombosis. Prevention of complications is a multidisciplinary task that combines both improvement of the process of care and introduction of new technologies. We emphasize the main component of the prevention strategies that should be used in critical care and propose areas of future investigation in this field.
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