EFFECT OF CATHETER TUNNELLING AND A NUTRITION NURSE ON CATHETER SEPSIS DURING PARENTERAL NUTRITION: A Controlled Trial

In a three-year controlled trial of subcutaneous catheter tunnelling as a method of reducing total parenteral nutrition (TPN) catheter sepsis 99 silicone catheters (52 tunnelled, 47 untunnelled) were inserted into the subclavian (94%) or jugular (6%) veins under aseptic conditions. The influence of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1983-12, Vol.322 (8364), p.1388-1390
Hauptverfasser:	Keohane, P.P., Attrill, Helen, Northover, J., Jones, B.J.M., Cribb, A., Frost, P., Silk, D.B.A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Emergency and intensive care: injuries, diseases due to physical agents. Diving. Drowning. Disaster medicine Emergency and intensive care: metabolism and nutrition disorders. Enteral and parenteral nutrition Intensive care medicine Medical sciences
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Zusammenfassung:	In a three-year controlled trial of subcutaneous catheter tunnelling as a method of reducing total parenteral nutrition (TPN) catheter sepsis 99 silicone catheters (52 tunnelled, 47 untunnelled) were inserted into the subclavian (94%) or jugular (6%) veins under aseptic conditions. The influence of a nutrition nurse, who joined the nutrition team after 18 months, on catheter sepsis rate was also documented. Catheter sepsis was confirmed in 13 of 47 (28%) untunnelled catheters and only 6 of 52 (11·5%) tunnelled catheters (p
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(83)90922-4