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Published in: Critical Care 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Poster presentation

Maintenance of arterial catheters with heparin: should we continue?

Authors: N Catorze, S Teixeira, J Cabrita, J Carreto, V Vieira, S Gonçalves, A Frade, J Martins

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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In ICU settings arterial catheters (AC) are used to manage critically ill patients. Maintaining the patency of these catheters is important for continuous hemodynamic evaluation and therapeutic adjustment. Heparinized solutions are used for this purpose although the increasing literature describes the use of saline solutions for the same reason. The authors compare the use of heparinized versus saline solution in the maintenance of ACs and to detect changes in aPTT, platelet count, and local inflammatory signs, in a double-blind randomized trial. …
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Title
Maintenance of arterial catheters with heparin: should we continue?
Authors
N Catorze
S Teixeira
J Cabrita
J Carreto
V Vieira
S Gonçalves
A Frade
J Martins
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9498

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