Tuneled catheters in femoral vein: does the length makes any difference?

• Autori principali: César Augusto Restrepo Valencia (Autore), José Vicente Aguirre Arango (Autore), Carlos Alberto Buitrago Villa (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
• Accesso online: Connect to this object online.

Objective: To establish if 23 cm length, tunneled catheters, are associated to better outcomes than 19 cm ones. Patients, Materials and Methods: Patients with CKD G5D, which the only vascular access alternative was the femoral vein. In these patients, the performance of different lengths of catheter...