Should central venous catheters be routinely replaced in adults?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Priti Morzaria; Coralie Carle
- Source
- British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 82:1-2
- Subject
- Adult
Catheterization, Central Venous
medicine.medical_specialty
Critically ill
business.industry
Critical Illness
medicine.medical_treatment
MEDLINE
General Medicine
Catheters, Indwelling
medicine
Central Venous Catheters
Humans
Intensive care medicine
business
Central venous catheter
- Language
- ISSN
- 1759-7390
1750-8460
Central venous catheters are sited for a variety of reasons in the adult critically ill patient. There is clear guidance for indications and maintenance of central venous catheters, but there is no clear guidance on how long a central venous catheter should remain in situ. This article looks at evidence to answer this question.