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Table 1

From: Daily interruption of central venous catheters in critically ill ICU patients

 

First 8-hour shift

Second 8-hour shift

Third 8-hour shift

Total

Interruptions

7.9 ± 0.2*

7.6 ± 0.2

7.3 ± 0.2

22.7 ± 0.4

Solutions

1.5 ± 0.05

1.7 ± 0.1*

1.4 ± 0.06

3.1 ± 0.1

Drugs

5.6 ± 0.1

5.6 ± 0.1

5.8 ± 0.1

16.7 ± 0.3

Transfusions

2.9 ± 0.2

2.8 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.2

Other solutions

1.8 ± 0.07

1.7 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.1

  1. *Statistically significant difference P < 0.05.
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