Natural saline-flush is sufficient to maintain patency of immobilized-urokinase double-lumen catheter used to provide temporary blood access for hemodialysis

Blood Purification

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 473-479

  Kaneko, Yoshikatsu ^a,c   Iwano, Masako ^b   Yoshida, Hitomi ^b   Kosuge, Miyoko ^b   Ito, Sanae ^b   Narita, Ichiei ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a   Suzuki, Masashi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated coagulation time; Activated partial thromboplastin time; Catheter survival; Heparin lock; Saline flush; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPARIN FLUSH SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION; CATHETERIZATION; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 9344244139     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081811     Document Type: Article

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