Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Feb 2010
Multicenter Study[Practice assessment of central venous lines care in surgical ICU of French university hospitals].
Recommendations on insertion and maintenance of central venous catheters (CVC) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients were updated in 2002. The aim of this study was to estimate their knowledge and/or application by physicians in French university hospital ICUs. ⋯ The high number of answers allows setting of a precise state of CVCs insertion practices in adult surgical ICUs. Recommendations for central venous catheter insertion and maintenance are not still known and\or applied.