Original articleBacteraemia in surgical patients with intravenous devices: A European multicentre incidence study
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2013, Critical Care ClinicsCitation Excerpt :Catheter-related bacteremia or fungemia is the most frequent serious complication of these devices. In fact, 80% to 90% of intravascular device–related bacteremias and candidemias arise from central venous catheters,63,67,68 and central venous catheterization is the single greatest risk factor for nosocomial candidemia.69–71 The rate of catheter-related infection with central venous catheters is far higher than with peripheral venous catheters, which is in the range of 2% to 7%.12,14,15,23–25,27,28,72–78
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2006, British Journal of AnaesthesiaCitation Excerpt :It follows that all instrumentation should be performed as gently as possible. Duration of catheterization: studies quoting a low incidence of epidural infection often relate to catheterization for 2 days or less,102 119 but longer duration has been associated with an incidence of infection of 4.3%, a figure approaching that for intravascular devices.49 89 If increases in infection rates with time do approach those for intravascular devices it may be appropriate to extrapolate from data on pulmonary artery catheters where a greater risk of colonization exists after 5 days.106
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