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Posted on April 28, 2017

New systematic review and meta analysis on normal saline versus heparin for patency of central venous catheters in adult patients..

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New publication for those interested in maintaining catheter patency in the adult CVAD population..

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5219914/

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