The Toronto Western Hospital catheter: one center's experience and review of the literature.
Int J Artif Organs
; 29(1): 59-63, 2006 Jan.
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BACKGROUND: We report our center's experience with the Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) catheter, and discuss our catheter survival and complication rates. METHODS: Retrospective chart review of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis therapy via a TWH catheter. Catheter complication rates of peritonitis, exit site infection, obstruction, leak, and malfunction were assessed. A catheter was considered failed if removed because of exit site infection, obstruction, or malfunction. All other catheters, even if removed for other reasons, were considered censured. Survival was defined as the period from insertion to failure or censure date, and reported using Kaplan Meier analysis. RESULTS: 192 patients with a total of 208 TWH catheters (4,845.3 catheter months) were analyzed. Our overall 1- and 3-year catheter survival rates were identical at 0.9182. Our catheter complication rates (expressed as number of catheter months per event) were 31.3 for peritonitis, 42.9 for exit site infection, 72.3 for obstruction, 538.4 for malfunction, and 969.1 for catheter leak. Our findings were similar to those reported in the literature for TWH and other peritoneal catheters.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Catéteres de Permanencia
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Diálisis Peritoneal
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Artif Organs
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos