Nadeem Abbas Zaidi.
Infectious Complications of Central Venous Catheterization in Open Heart Surgery Patients.
Med Channel Jan ;5(1):15-8.

Infectious complications of central venous catheterization are well known. We prospectively analyzed its incidence in 100 adult patients undergoing various open heart surgical procedures at our institute. Catheter tip colonization was seen in 23 patients, while blood stream infection as defined by positive blood culture was seen in 03 patients. No. serious sequlae was noticed in any patient in our series.

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