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; mettes@mail.mmc.org

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