Open AccessCentral Venous Catheter Infections in Outpatients with Pulmonary Hypertension Treated with Continuous Iloprost
Author(s) -
Stephan Keusch,
Rudolf Speich,
Ulla Treder,
Silvia Ulrich
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000350441
Subject(s) - medicine , iloprost , surgery , prostacyclin
Intravenous prostanoid therapy is one cornerstone of therapy for patients with pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). Long-term central venous catheters expose patients to infectious complications.
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