This guideline will inform physicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, caregivers and other
home parenteral nutrition (HPN) providers, as well as healthcare administrators and policy …

Chronic intestinal failure (CIF) is a rare but feared complication of Crohn's disease.
Depending on the remaining length of the small intestine, the affected intestinal segment …

Background & aims In 2016, ESPEN published the guideline for Chronic Intestinal Failure
(CIF) in adults. An updated version of ESPEN guidelines on CIF due to benign disease in …

This guideline will inform physicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, caregivers and other
home parenteral nutrition (HPN) providers, as well as healthcare administrators and policy …

Background The catheter lock solutions 2% taurolidine and 0.9% saline are both used to
prevent catheter‐related bloodstream infections (CRBSI s) in home parenteral nutrition …

Background Use of catheter lock solutions (CLSs) as a strategy to prevent catheter‐related
bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) has been evaluated in recent clinical trials. Our aim was to …

There is wide variation in the use of solutions to “lock” or fill tunneled central venous
catheters for dialysis. Some centers use undiluted heparin concentrations ranging from 1000 …

Background. Interdialytic locking of catheters with antimicrobial agents is frequently used for
preventing catheter-related infections, often associated with biofilm formation. We …

In nature, microorganisms prefer to reside in structured microbial communities, termed
biofilms, rather than as free-floating planktonic cells. Advantageous for the microorganisms …

Eighty-two percent (82%) of patients initiating hemodialysis in the United States in 2006 did
so with a catheter as the functioning access. Even in patients who have been followed by …