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September 1983
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
The use of tunnelled central venous catheters in children with malignant disorders is an effective and safe way of giving out-patient chemotherapy and supportive care. The benefits include ready venous access, ease of administration of chemotherapy, decreased time spent in the out-patient clinic, and less anticipatory vomiting and emotional trauma for patients, parents, and staff.
... There is only one small randomized trial assessing the need for prophylactic heparin. 203 The study was conducted in children with cancer using echocardiography of the heart as the outcome measure, not venography. 203 Although the study reported no benefit from flushing CVLs with heparin, the design and outcome measure limits the generalizability of this study. ...
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Antithrombotic therapy in children
September 1983
Archives of Disease in Childhood
