[Microbiological findings in children with an indwelling central venous catheter].

Introduction: Besides their obvious advantages for the patient, central venous catheters (CVC) also carry the risk of possible infectious complications. The purpose of our investigation was to carry out a microbiological evaluation of a 5-year set of paediatric patients with indwelling CVCs.

Patients And Methods: In the group were 218 CVCs inserted to 165 children over a period of 5 years.

[Prevention of infectious complications of central venous catheters in children].

According to literary data the use of central venous catheters (CVC) is burdened with a significantly higher number of complications than a peripheral venous approach. The management of these complications is difficult and may increase the morbidity and even mortality of critically sick patients. This is why there is such emphasis on the prevention of these serious complications.