Overweight or obesity are not risk factors for central venous catheter–related bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies

To the Editor—In 2015, we reported on the risk of central venous catheter (CVC)–related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in obese patients with hematological malignancies.1 Considering together definite, probable, and possible CRBSIs,2 we detected no difference in the CRBSI rate between obese and non...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2022-12, Vol.43 (12), p.1953-1955
Hauptverfasser:	Schalk, Enrico, Hentrich, Marcus
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Body mass index Catheter-Related Infections - etiology Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects Catheters Central Venous Catheters - adverse effects Hematologic Neoplasms - complications Hematology Humans Infections Letter to the Editor Leukemia Lymphoma Medical instruments Multiple myeloma Neutropenia Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - epidemiology Overweight Overweight - complications Overweight - epidemiology Pathogens Patients Risk factors Sepsis - etiology Veins & arteries
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