Use of high-dose (46.7%) sodium citrate locks for central venous catheters (CVCs) being used for maintenance hemodialysis provides no advantage over 5% heparin locks in reducing infections or ...

Hence in sedated children with a controlled airway, the jugular vein is the preferred site for percutaneous CVC access. Catheter-related thrombus formation occurs at the CVC tip or at the site ...

or central venous catheter (CVC), placed into a major vein, often in the donor’s chest or thigh. A CVC was thought to be preferable because the blood needs to flow at high pressure through a ...

After insertion, appropriate CVC dressings, careful catheter access technique, alcohol catheter caps and the use of prophylactic lock therapy with taurolidine, antibiotic or preservative ...