catheter (ˈkæθɪtə) n (Medicine)meda long slender flexible tube for inserting into a natural bodily cavity or passage for introducing or withdrawing fluid, such as urine or blood [C17: from Late Latin, from Greekkathetēr,fromkathienaito send down, insert] ...
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This paper is a report of one year's experience with the PermCath central venous access dialysis catheter in the Bahamas. The PermCath was employed for temporary access in patients requiring chronic haemo-dialysis while awaiting permanent access sites. PermCaths were inserted via internal or externa...
The number of dialysis sessions varied from 1 to 292, with a mean of 59 ±60 sessions. The blood flow was 200 to 350 (280 ±42) mL/minute. The duration of catheter function varied from 4 to 682 (150 ± 160) days. Six catheters developed poor blood flow due to thrombosis in one ...
The clinical presenting features were leukocytosis in 14/17, high fever and shaking chill during dialysis in 12/17, and signs of exit site infection in 3/17. No shock was found. All patients received clinical evaluation to exclude infection sources other than from blood and inside the catheter...
Catheters, IndwellingAdultFemaleThe establishment and maintenance of a reliable vascular access continues to be a problem in hemodialysis. We report a patient with end- stage lupus nephritis who had no alternative for vascular access and failed peritoneal dialysis. A vascular access device (PermCath,...
Misplacement of a right internal jugular vein haemodialysis catheter into the mediastinum. A 69-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure discontinued continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and commenced temporary haemodialysis because of re... MKH Tong,YP Siu,YY Ng,... - Hong Kong medical jou...
BACKGROUND: Mortality and morbidity of ESRD patients depend on a maintenance of vascular access for dialysis. Polyurethane teflon double lumen catheters have been used for a temporary vascular access for hemodialysis. But, their use has ... YS Kang,SY Lee,SY Han,... 被引量: 0发表: 2001年...
During the last 4 years, the Permcath Quinton double-lumen silicone catheter was inserted into the internal jugular vein of 57 uraemic patients with difficulty for creating conventional vascular access for haemodialysis. In 4 patients, with definitive contraindication of conventional vascular access, this...
Twelve patients were randomly assigned to receive 2,000 IU of heparin or 2 mg of rTPA injected into each catheter lumen at the end of each dialysis session over a period of 4 months, followed by a switch to the other substance. Blood flow rate (flow), venous pressure (VP), and ...