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Invited Review: Vascular Access Devices: Perspectives on Designs, Complications, and Management
Author(s) -
Evans Marsha,
Ryder Marcia A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0115426593008004145
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular access , vascular occlusion , intensive care medicine , thrombosis , medical emergency , surgery , hemodialysis
The use of vascular access devices in hospitalized and home care patients has expanded rapidly in the past decade. New designs, materials, insertion techniques, and protocols for care related to vascular access devices have emerged. Complications associated with them, however, have remained a persistent problem. Septicemia, thrombosis, and occlusion are three of the more serious complications that can lead to the need for removal of the device. These complications are reviewed and areas for future research are identified.