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Addition of sodium metabisulphite to left atrial catheter infusates as a means of preventing bacterial colonisation of the catheter tip.

Sodium metabisulphite (SMBS) was added at a concentration of 0.05% to the dextrose-heparin solution used to flush left atrial catheters in one group of open-heart surgery patients. Two other groups of patients had left atrial catheters flushed with dextrose-heparin alone. Comparison of the isolation...

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Main Authors: Freeman, R, Holden, M P, Lyon, R, Hjersing, N
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1982
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC459266/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7080014
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