Complications of Catheters: Tunneled and Nontunneled

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-194

  Vats, Hemender Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter dysfunction; Complications of catheters; Hemodialysis; Infections; Tunneled dialysis catheters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

AIR EMBOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84860801244     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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