triple-lumen catheter

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Etymology: L, triplus, triple; L, lumen, light; Gk, katheter, a thing lowered into

any catheter with three separate passages, each of which is marked with the name of a fluid or medication. Some have infusion plugs and are flushed every 8 hours with a heparin or normal saline solution.

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continuous bladder irrigation			A triple-lumen catheter was inserted into a patient requiring central venous access (also known as a central venous line [CVL] or central venous access device [CVAD]). Preventing substitution errors involving high-concentration heparin ... by Koczmara, Christine; Cheng, Roger; Hyland, Sylvia / Dynamics This case involves the extravascular infusion of hydrochloric acid (HCl) through the proximal port of a triple-lumen catheter. Chest wall necrosis and death secondary to hydrochloric acid infusion ... by Cairns, Bruce A. / Southern Medical Journal The Hohn catheters and triple-lumen catheters were placed in the patient at the bedside with the patient awake and with lidocaine for anesthesia. Confirmatory chest radiographs after central line placement: are they ... by Crane, Martin / Southern Medical Journal			triple burner triple bypass surgery Triple Combination Therapy Triple Crown triple energizer triple flexion movement triple phosphate calculus triple phosphate urolith triple point triple response Triple Screen triple sugar iron (TSI) agar triple sugar iron reaction triple sulfa triple sulfonamides Triple Test Triple Therapy Triple Threat Physician Triple Transplant triple vision Triple X Syndrome triple-blinded study triple-burner triple-dye treatment triple-heater triple-lumen catheter triple-lumen drain triple-marker screen triplegia triplet triplex triplicate prescription form triploid triploidy triploidy syndrome triplokoria triplopia triplumbic tetroxide tripod tripod fracture tripod sign tripodial symmelia tripoding tripodism triprolidine triprolidine HCl tripsis triptan Tripterygium wilfordii Triptizol triptorelin			triple-decker triple-diagonal matrix Triple-dotted note triple-dye treatment Triple-expansion engine Triple-expansion engine Triple-expansion engines Triple-expansion engines Triple-expansion steam engine Triple-expansion steam engine Triple-Gene-Block Protein 1 Triple-headed triple-header triple-heater triple-heater meridian points Triple-Helix Affinity Chromatography triple-hung window Triple-Insulated Wire Triple-jump Triple-jump triple-jumped triple-jumped triple-jumping triple-jumping triple-jumps triple-jumps Triple-Layer Heterojunction Triple-Layer Metal triple-length working Triple-lumen triple-lumen catheter triple-lumen drain triple-marker screen triple-mode Cepheid triple-nerved Triple-Net Triple-Net triple-net lease Triple-Net Leases Triple-Phase Bone Scan Triple-point Triple-point Triple-point triple-pressed stearic acids Triple-Quantum Filter Triple-Quantum-Barrier Varactor triple-space triple-spacing Triple-spotted rattlesnake Triple-Stage Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry triple-stub transformer Triple-tail Triple-Tax-Free triple-time Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio triple-tongue triple-tongue Triple-witching hour Triple-witching hour Triple-X Females

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