Catheter-Associated Deep Venous Thrombosis Prevention: Which Path to Choose?

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Editorial

Robert I Parker. Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 1;49(3):537-540.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004833.

¹ Emeritus, Renaissance School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

Efficacy of Early Prophylaxis Against Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children: A Bayesian Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Trial.
Faustino EVS, Shabanova V, Raffini LJ, Kandil SB, Li S, Pinto MG, Cholette JM, Hanson SJ, Nellis ME, Silva CT, Chima R, Sharathkumar A, Thomas KA, McPartland T, Tala JA, Spinella PC; CRETE Trial Investigators and the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network (BloodNet) of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI). Faustino EVS, et al. Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar 1;49(3):e235-e246. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004784. Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 33372745 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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