Title: Is it safe to remove central lines in patients with platelets less than 20,000/uL?
Dr Priya Marwah1, Dr Stalin Ramprakash2,3, Dr. Sai Prasad T R2,3, Dr Mane Gizhlaryan2, Dr Deepa Trivedi2,4, Dr Vaibhav Shah2,4, Dr Amit Chitaliya4, Sandeep Elizabeth2,3, Rajat Kumar Agarwal2,5, Rakesh Dhanya2 and Dr Lawrence Faulkner2,6
1. Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur
2. Sankalp India Foundation, Bangalore - India
3. Sankalp-People Tree Centre for Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bangalore – India
4. Sankalp-CIMS Centre for Paediatric BMT, Ahmedabad – India
5. Jagriti InnoHealth Platforms Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore – India
6. Cure2Children Foundation, Florence – Italy
Corresponding author :
Rajat Kumar Agarwal
#304-D, Chamundi Emerald, 1st Main, 7th Cross, N S Palya, BTM II, Bangalore – 560076
Email: rajat@sankalpindia.net
Contact No: +91-9880132850
Authorship Contribution : PM, MG RD, RKA and LF wrote the manuscript. SR, SP, DT, VS, AC and LF participated in medical management. RD, RKA and LF were involved in conception, design, acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data. All authors critically reviewed and approved the manuscript.
Article type: Research Articles
Word count: Abstract: 234 Main text: 1535.
Tables: 3. Figures: 1. Supporting information: none.
Short running title (50 characters): Removing central lines with platelets less than 20,000/uL?
Keywords:
  1. Central Venous Catheter
  2. Febrile Neutropenia
  3. Bone Marrow Transplantation
  4. Antimicrobial Stewardship
  5. Thrombocytopenia
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