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J Wound Care
June 2014
Professor, MPharm, PhD, MRPharmS, Centre for Infection Prevention and Management, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
Objective: A pilot evaluation was performed to assess the effects of Surgihoney, an engineered honey with highly active antimicrobial activity, on bacterial colonisation in long lines in oncology patients.
Method: This prospective service evaluation was conducted at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) in England, UK, between 2012 and 2013. The study population consisted of oncology patients with central intravenous lines who were receiving outpatient chemotherapy.
Percutaneous lines for delivering intravenous antibiotics in people with cystic fibrosis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
November 2010
Department of Child Health, School of Clinical Sciences & Nottingham Respiratory BRU, University of Nottingham, E Floor East Block, Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2UH.
Background: Percutaneous long lines (long intravenous lines) and short intravenous lines (also termed cannulae) are both used to deliver intravenous antibiotics in cystic fibrosis to treat respiratory exacerbations of the disease. The perceived advantage of a long intravenous line is a greater duration of line function, which has to be balanced against a technically more challenging insertion procedure, and the possibility of more discomfort on insertion.
Objectives: To compare long intravenous lines with short intravenous lines in people with cystic fibrosis receiving intravenous antibiotics, in terms of lifespan of the line, ease of insertion, complication rates of the line and patient satisfaction.
A randomised, controlled trial of heparin in total parenteral nutrition to prevent sepsis associated with neonatal long lines: the Heparin in Long Line Total Parenteral Nutrition (HILLTOP) trial.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
July 2010
Newborn Services, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Infections are common complications of neonatal long lines. Heparin has been shown to prolong the effective duration of neonatal long lines and to reduce the ability of bacteria to adhere to foreign surfaces, but the effect of heparin on rates of infection is uncertain.
Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of heparin on the frequency of episodes of catheter-related sepsis (CRS) in infants receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) through a neonatal long line.
Sonography-guided positioning of intravenous long lines in neonates.
Eur J Radiol
June 2010
Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
Objective: In neonates, proper positioning of the tip of intravenous long lines (LL) is essential in order to prevent potential life-threatening complications. The gold standard for the evaluation of LL position in neonates is the chest X-ray with or without contrast. We performed a prospective study to assess the use of transthoracic ultrasonography (US) for the positioning of LL in neonates and to compare it to plain radiography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCentral venous access: techniques and indications in oncology.
Eur Radiol
October 2008
Department of Radiodiagnostics and Interventional Radiology, Antoine Lacassagne Anticancer Research Institute, 33 Avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice, Cedex 1, France.
Long lines can be inserted centrally or peripherally through patent veins into the central venous system down to the atrial caval junction. Traditionally surgeons, anesthetists, cardiologists and more recently interventional radiologists have been placing them using vein cutdown or percutaneous needle puncture techniques. Typical candidates for implanted venous catheters are cancer patients undergoing long-term chemotherapy.
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