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ReviewEmerging infectious diseases

New technologies to prevent intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections.

L A Mermel

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Review in Emerging infectious diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Antimicrobial impregnated catheters in the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection in hospitalized patients.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2007
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Candida infections of medical devices.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2004
    Review
  7. Article
  8. The Role of Intravascular Devices in Sepsis.Current infectious disease reports · 2001
    Article
  9. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

L A MermelBrown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. lmermel@lifespan.org
Rhode Island Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most intravascular catheter-related infections are associated with central venous catheters. Technologic advances shown to reduce the risk for these infections include a catheter hub containing an iodinated alcohol solution, short-term chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine- impregnated catheters, minocycline-rifampin-impregnated catheters, and chlorhexidine- impregnated sponge dressings. Nontechnologic strategies for reducing risk include maximal barrier precautions during catheter insertion, specialized nursing teams, continuing quality improvement programs, and tunneling of short-term internal jugular catheters.

Indexed as

DisinfectantsAlcoholsCatheterization, Central VenousChlorhexidineHumansInfection ControlIodidesMinocyclineRifampinSepsisSilver SulfadiazineAlcoholsChlorhexidineDisinfectantsIodidesMinocyclineRifampinSilver Sulfadiazine

Identifiers

PMID11294705
PMCPMC2631731
OpenAlexW2056132413

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Registered trials

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