Sentence examples for use of central line from inspiring English sources

The use of central line catheters decreased from 2.9% (36/1227) to 1.4% (20/1419) in the postintervention period (p=0.007).

This was found to be useful as it avoided the use of central lines in the majority of their patients.

Use of central line-, umbilical-catheter and mechanical ventilation was associated with higher risk of infection.

Because use of central line-, umbilical-catheter and mechanical ventilation was associated with higher risk of HAI in our clinical setting, a surveillance protocol which monitors device-associated infections in all BW classes neonates may represent a useful tool to prevent HAIs in the NICU.

We compared the rate of CLABSI and the use of central lines before and after the implementation of BC-BSI.

After the implementation of BC-BSI, the rate of CLABSI decreased from 5.45‰ to 4.25‰ and the use of central lines decreased from 59.60% to 55.55% The implementation of BC-BSI effectively decreased the use of central lines and the rate of CLABSI in medical ICUs.

However, almost two thirds of the patients in the two large RCTs were on pressors; therefore, the large majority of patients in both the ProCESS and ARISE trials were managed with the use of central lines.

A study in 6 PICUs from this region found greater mortality than expected among lower risk patients (PRISM < 10), compared to one PICU in USA, which could be explained on the basis of increased use of central lines and ETT as well as broad spectrum antibiotics [ 32].

The study enrolled 845 patients divided into 283 internal jugular CVC (IJC), 270 subclavian CVC (SCC) and 287 femoral CVC (FC) in which the catheters were inserted in the ICU by experienced physicians with at least 50 previously successful trials of central line insertion, using CVC bundle checklist.

A Central Venous Catheter Insertion form was created to monitor several aspects of central line insertion including use of maximum sterile barriers and chlorhexidine skin prep.

Infants receiving < 25% human milk (17 days) and those receiving >75% human milk (20 days) had shorter durations of central line and TPN use than those receiving 25-50% human milk (26 days) and those receiving 50-75% human milk (22 days)(p = 0.008, Table 1).