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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
We prospectively evaluated early (within 40 days) catheter complications in all patients receiving a dialysis catheter between 1/8/80 and 1/8/81. 50% of patients achieved a functioning catheter at the first insertion and 24% required replacement of the catheter because of poor dialysate flow. Leaking from the catheter exit site occurred in 20%, infection at the exit site in 9% and peritonitis in 19% of patients. In patients who maintain a catheter over 40 days and undergo treatment by long-term peritoneal dialysis median catheter survival was 400 days with delayed cytheter failure primarily due to failure to resolve a clinical episode of peritonitis. Although the Tenckhoff catheter is readily inserted frequent complications occur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-2766
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
The Tenckhoff catheter for peritoneal dialysis--an appraisal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article