Antimicrobial lock solutions for preventing catheter-related infections in haemodialysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Antibiotic antimicrobial and combined (antibiotic-non antibiotic) lock solutions decreased the incidence of CRI compared to control lock solutions, whereas non-antibiotic lock solutions reduce CRI only for tunnelled CVC. The effect on thrombosis incidence is uncertain for all antimicrobial lock solutions. Our confidence in the evidence is low and very low; therefore, better-designed studies are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of antimicrobial lock solutions. PMID: 29611180 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - April 3, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Arechabala MC, Catoni MI, Claro JC, Rojas NP, Rubio ME, Calvo MA, Letelier LM Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research