When should central venous catheters be changed in the intensive care unit? Should there be a rigid time, based protocol for doing so?

Stephen A. Mette, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Address: Stephan A. Mette, MD, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04192-3175; [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Stephen A. Mette, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Address: Stephan A. Mette, MD, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04192-3175; [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Stephen A. Mette, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Address: Stephan A. Mette, MD, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04192-3175; [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.