Locking solutions for prevention of central venous access device complications in the adult critical care population: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this systematic review is to determine the extent and quality of evidence for use of different types of locking fluids to prevent central venous access device complications in adult critical care patients. Specifically, rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection, colonization, and occlusion were considered. All types of devices were included in the review: central venous catheters, peripherally- inserted central catheters and hemodialysis catheters.

Methods

Eligibility criteria. Papers had to include adult (>18 years old) critical care patients, be experimental trials, conducted in North America and Europe, and published in peer-reviewed journals from 2010 onwards. Information sources. A search of Medline and EMBASE databases was performed. T

SUBMITTER: Ornowska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569507 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature