Tesio-Caths provide effective and safe long-term vascular access

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2816-2822

  Duncan, Neill D C ^a   Singh, Seema ^a   Cairns, Thomas D H ^a   Clark, Martin ^a   El Tayar, Adil ^a   Griffith, Megan ^a   Hakim, Nadey ^a   Hamady, Mohamad ^a   McLean, Adam G ^a   Papalois, Vassilios ^a   Palmer, Andrew ^a   Taube, David ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access adequacy; Central venous catheters; Infections; Patient survival; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HEPARIN; METICILLIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 8344244532     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh467     Document Type: Article

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