Correlation between 'malfunctioning events' and catheter-related infections in pediatric cancer patients bearing tunneled indwelling central venous catheter: results of a prospective observational study
| Autor: | Giuseppe Fratino, Angelo Claudio Molinari, Elio Castagnola, Riccardo Haupt, Mariangela Valera, Mareva Giacchino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Catheterization Central Venous Prosthesis-Related Infections Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Statistics as Topic Child Welfare Antineoplastic Agents Catheters Indwelling Neoplasms medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Child business.industry Incidence Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Cancer medicine.disease Pediatric cancer Thrombosis Catheter-Related Infections Surgery Equipment failure Oncology Italy Observational study Equipment Failure business Central venous catheter Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 13(9) |
| ISSN: | 0941-4355 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the possible link between malfunctioning events and catheter related infections in indwelling central venous devices in children with cancer.Prospective observation of 418 devices inserted in 2 Italian tertiary care pediatric cancer centers. The presence of a relationship was identified if a malfunctioning event was followed by a catheter related infection within 10 days, or vice versa.The 418 catheters were followed for a period of 107,012 days. Among the malfunctioning events 2 out of 141 (1%) were followed by a catheter related infection while among infectious episodes 3 out of 93 (3%) were followed by a malfunctioning event.Malfunctioning events followed by catheter related infections and catheter related infections followed by malfunctioning are both rare events in children with cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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