Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Mar 2000
[The risk factors associated with colonization and bacteremia in non-tunnelled central venous catheters].
To identify risk factors for colonization and bacteremia among patients with non-tunnelled central venous catheters. ⋯ The present study documents the relevance of prolonged catheterization as a consistent risk for colonization of non-tunnelled central venous catheters. This risk increases independently in canalization at femoral site and particularly among severely ill patients. The presence of these factors allows the identification of a high risk population for the development of catheter related bacteremia.