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

• Main Authors: César Augusto Restrepo Valencia (Author), José Vicente Aguirre Arango (Author), Carlos Alberto Buitrago Villa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Asociación Colombiana de Nefrología e Hipertensión Arterial, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...