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Seminars in dialysis · Nov 2010
Case ReportsThe catheter-challenged patient and the need to recognize the recurrently dysfunctional tunneled dialysis catheter.
- Randall L Rasmussen.
- Lifeline Vascular Access, VernonHills, IL 60061, USA. randy.rasmussen@rmslifeline.com
- Semin Dial. 2010 Nov 1; 23 (6): 648-52.
AbstractTunneled dialysis catheters (TDC) become dysfunctional because of placement problems, infection, thrombosis, and fibrin sheath formation. Occasional patients who are catheter dependant develop frequent catheter dysfunction because of thrombosis or thrombosis associated with fibrin sheath formation. This article attempts to define which dysfunctional catheters because of thrombosis and thrombosis associated with fibrin sheath formation actually represent a recurrently dysfunctional TDC (RDC) and puts forth an approach to managing the RDC.© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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