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ReviewMedicines (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Minimising Blood Stream Infection: Developing New Materials for Intravascular Catheters.

Charnete Casimero, Todd Ruddock, Catherine Hegarty, Robert Barber, Amy Devine, James Davis

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Review in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Charnete CasimeroSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4686-2442
Todd RuddockSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.
Catherine HegartySchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.
Robert BarberSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.
Amy DevineSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.
James DavisSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, UK.

Funding

Abbott Diabetes Care PLC N/ADepartment for the Economy Northern Ireland N/AKimal PLC N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catheter related blood stream infection is an ever present hazard for those patients requiring venous access and particularly for those requiring long term medication. The implementation of more rigorous care bundles and greater adherence to aseptic techniques have yielded substantial reductions in infection rates but the latter is still far from acceptable and continues to place a heavy burden on patients and healthcare providers. While advances in engineering design and the arrival of functional materials hold considerable promise for the development of a new generation of catheters, many challenges remain. The aim of this review is to identify the issues that presently impact catheter performance and provide a critical evaluation of the design considerations that are emerging in the pursuit of these new catheter systems.

Indexed as

antifoulingantimicrobialbiofilmCRBSICVCintravascular catheter

Identifiers

PMID32858838
PMCPMC7554993

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