Recommended irrigation volume for an intravenous port: Ex vivo simulation study.

BACKGROUND:An intravenous port, which differs from a central venous catheter, has an injection chamber at the end of the catheter. This structural difference causes the irrigation flow pattern to be quite different from that of the central venous catheter. Furthermore, the intraluminal volume differ...

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Main Authors: Ching-Yang Wu, Chia-Hui Cheng, Jui-Ying Fu, Yen Chu, Ching-Feng Wu, Chien-Hung Chiu, Po-Jen Ko, Yun-Hen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6091923?pdf=render