Continuous Heparin Infusion to Prevent Catheter-related Thrombosis
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-02-28
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Catheter-related thrombosis could impair blood flow in the vein, block the central venous
catheter, induce catheter-related infection or venous thromboembolism in the deep veins or
pulmonary vessels, which furthermore progress into the post-thrombotic syndrome.
Researches using echogenic mass as the primary outcome could miss those premature thrombi
which might not be seen on traditional ultrasonography but may be detected by Duplex and
Doppler ultrasound with vessel compression. Moreover, studies indicated that some thrombus
developed after the catheter removal. Removal of the catheter is not the endpoint of thrombus
detection. This study is designed to determine the preventive effects of continuous heparin
infusion on real-world central venous catheter-related thrombosis in infants after cardiac
surgery.