Does a fibrin sheath formed around a catheter embolize upon removal of the catheter?
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Fibrin sheath enhances central venous catheter infection.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether fibrin-coated central venous catheters have a higher infection rate, and spawn more septic emboli, than uncoated catheters after exposure to bacteremia. DESIGN Animal study comparing catheter infection and blood cultures of fibrin-coated and uncoated catheters exposed to bacteremia. SETTING Animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERV...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm536