• Am J Infect Control · Nov 2010

    Lower arterial catheter-related infection in brachial than in femoral access.

    • Leonardo Lorente, Alejandro Jiménez, María M Martín, Juan J Jiménez, Jose L Iribarren, and María L Mora.
    • Department of Intensive Care, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra s/n, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. lorentemartin@msn.com
    • Am J Infect Control. 2010 Nov 1;38(9):e40-2.

    AbstractRecent guidelines do not establish a recommendation about the arterial catheter site to minimize the arterial catheter-related infection risk. In this prospective and observational study, we found a higher arterial catheter-related infection in 1085 arterial femoral sites than in 141 arterial brachial sites (5.08 vs 0 per 1000 catheter-days, respectively; odds ratio, 6.18; 95% confidence interval: 1.11-infinite; P = .02). Thus, arterial brachial access should be used in preference to femoral access.Copyright © 2010 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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