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  • Title: [Phlebitis in peripheral catheters (II). A study].
    Author: Carballo M, Llinas M, Feijoo M.
    Journal: Rev Enferm; 2004 Sep; 27(9):34-8. PubMed ID: 15526576.
    Abstract:
    The study group consisted of 121 patients, 37 or 30.5% women and 84 or 69.4% men, checked into the Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Hospitalization Unit who bore a total of 215 peripheral venous catheters. The authors of this study detected a high level occurrence of phlebitis in patients using peripheral venous catheters, with a low average duration time, during the period in which the authors carried out their study.
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