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ReviewPediatric surgery international2020

Long-term vascular access in differently resourced settings: a review of indications, devices, techniques, and complications.

Karen Milford, Dirk von Delft, Nkululeko Majola, Sharon Cox

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Review in Pediatric surgery international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Karen MilfordThe Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada. Karen.milford@sickkids.ca.
Dirk von DelftDivision of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Nkululeko MajolaDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Frere Hospital, Walter Sisulu University, East London, South Africa.
Sharon CoxDivision of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central venous access is frequently essential for the management of many acute and chronic conditions in children. Millions of central venous access devices (CVADs) are placed each year. In this review article, we discuss the indications for long-term vascular access, the types of devices available, the state of the art of central venous cannulation and device placement, and the complications of long-term central venous access. We pay a special attention to the challenges of, and options for long-term central venous access, also those in developing countries, with limited financial, human, and material resources.

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Catheters, IndwellingCatheterization, Central VenousChildEquipment DesignHumansCentral venous access deviceChemotherapy portDeveloping countryLow resourceParenteral nutritionPediatricPercutaneously inserted central catheter

Identifiers

PMID32200406

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