Central venous catheter-related sepsis
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v31i3p363-368Keywords:
Sepsis. Catheterization, Central Venous.Abstract
Many papers have been published about the complications caused by percutaneous central venous catheterization, since Aubaniac described the punction of the subclavian vein in 1952, and especially after the standardization of total parenteral nutrition by Dudrick et al. in 1968. Among the various complications related to this procedure, one of the most important is “primary sepsis” or “catheter-related sepsis”, because of its impact upon the morbidity and mortality involving the critically ill patient. However, sometimes it is very difficult to diagnose that complication. The main problem lies between the difference of catheters that are truly causing sepsis and those that are only showing positive culture. Surgical, medical, and microbial literature were reviewed in this paper, to provide enough information on the diagnosis of primary sepsis caused by central venous catheterization.
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Copyright (c) 1998 Anibal Basile-Filho, Paulo de Tarso Oliveira e Castro, Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Flávio Marson, Lauro Mattar Junior, João Carlos da Costa
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