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ArticleCanadian journal of kidney health and disease2016

Hemodialysis Tunneled Catheter-Related Infections.

Lisa M Miller, Edward Clark, Christine Dipchand, Swapnil Hiremath, Joanne Kappel, Mercedeh Kiaii, Charmaine Lok, Rick Luscombe, Louise Moist, Matthew Oliver and 2 more

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Article in Canadian journal of kidney health and disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Cluster-Randomized Trial of Devices to Prevent Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2018
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  18. Replacement Strategies for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters with Complications: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Lisa M MillerMax Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Edward ClarkFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Christine DipchandFaculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Swapnil HiremathFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Joanne KappelFaculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Mercedeh KiaiiFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Charmaine LokFaculty of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rick LuscombeDepartment of Nursing, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Louise MoistDepartment of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Matthew OliverSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jennifer MacRaeDepartment of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Canadian Society of Nephrology Vascular Access Work Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catheter-related bloodstream infections, exit-site infections, and tunnel infections are common complications related to hemodialysis central venous catheter use. The various definitions of catheter-related infections are reviewed, and various preventive strategies are discussed. Treatment options, for both empiric and definitive infections, including antibiotic locks and systemic antibiotics, are reviewed.

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antimicrobial lockscatheter-related bacteremiacatheter-related infection complicationscentral venous catheterhemodialysistunneled catheter

Identifiers

PMID28270921
PMCPMC5332080

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