These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Subclavian hemodialysis catheter infections: a prospective, randomized trial of an attachable silver-impregnated cuff for prevention of catheter-related infections.
    Author: Dahlberg PJ, Agger WA, Singer JR, Yutuc WR, Newcomer KL, Schaper A, Rooney BL.
    Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 1995 Sep; 16(9):506-11. PubMed ID: 8537627.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine if an attachable silver-impregnated cuff is effective in reducing subclavian hemodialysis catheter-related infections. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, nonblinded study. SETTING: Community teaching hospital. PATIENTS: One hundred one acute and chronic renal failure patients requiring subclavian venipuncture and catheterization. After randomization, 47 patients underwent subclavian catheterization with a silver-impregnated cuff (Ag-CC), and 54 patients had routine catheter (RC) placements. MEASUREMENTS: Multiple presumed predictor variables for catheter-related infections, exit site infection rate, bacteremia rates, and semiquantitative cultures of all catheters.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]