Example sentences for: cvcs
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Two hundred and one (67%) CVCs were kept in place for seven days or less and the other 99 (33%) CVCs were kept in place for more than seven days.
Estimates of their use in the United States alone suggest that over five million CVCs are inserted annually [ 1 2 ] . Although CVCs have significant benefits in many clinical situations, the increase in their use over the last 20 years has been associated with at least a doubling of resultant nosocomial infections [ 3 4 ] . A number of factors may contribute to the risk of catheter related infections (CRI) [ 5 6 7 8 9 ] . Although a common problem, the descriptive epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors and best means of diagnosing CRI have not yet been fully elucidated.
The CVCs kept in place for ≥ 8 days were associated with approximately two times the risk of infection compared with catheters kept in place for ≤ 7 days.
3%) of the CVCs were colonized and the CRI was found with 50 (16.
In our study the CRI rate was higher for CVCs kept in place for ≥ 8 days (24.
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