Question 3. Do Portacaths or Hickman lines have a higher risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections in children with leukaemia?

Arch Dis Child. 2010 Mar;95(3):239-41. doi: 10.1136/adc.2009.176545.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheter-Related Infections / etiology*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
  • Risk Assessment / methods