The Natural History of Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters Removed or Exchanged: A Single-Institution Experience

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-235

  Alomari, Ahmad I ^a   Falk, Abigail ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247188998     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2006.12.719     Document Type: Article

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