Synopses of systematic reviews on effectiveness of heparin to prevent occlusion in central venous access devices | Zendy

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Synopses of systematic reviews on effectiveness of heparin to prevent occlusion in central venous access devices

Author(s) -

Luca Giuseppe Re,

Viviana Fusetti,

Maura Lusignani

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

professioni infermieristiche

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2532-1579

pISSN - 0033-0205

DOI - 10.7429/pi.2018.712104

Subject(s) - checklist , medicine , cinahl , venous access , cochrane library , randomized controlled trial , systematic review , surgery , medline , psychological intervention , nursing , psychology , political science , catheter , law , cognitive psychology

Prevention of central venous access devices (CVAD) occlusion is crucial to the continuity and quality of care. There is wide consensus on the need to carry out a periodic flushing of the lumen of device in order to ensure its patency. The most commonly used solutions are the heparin solution (HS) and the physiological solution (NaCl 0.9% - PS). There are still controversial opinions on HS's effectiveness over PS.

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