Port-A-Cath in children during long-term chemotherapy: complications and outcome.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol
; 6(1): 17-22, 1989.
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Complications related to Port-A-Cath were studied prospectively during a period of 32 months in 31 patients, aged 1-18 years, with leukemias and solid tumors. There were 34 Port-A-Cath inserted, and the cumulative time for these catheters kept in place was 5899 days. No complications occurred in 18 patients (19 catheters) kept in place for a cumulative time of 3998 days with an average duration of 210 days (12-550 days). In 13 patients (15 catheters) there were 14 events of systemic infections; seven events were treated successfully with antibiotics, four events necessitated the extraction of the catheter (in one patient a combination of systemic and local infection), and in three events the catheters were kept unused, as the patients were in terminal stages. Nonsystemic complications occurred with five catheters; two local infections, two obstructions (catheters removed), and one local bleeding (catheter kept unused). Appropriate antimicrobial treatment of systemic infections enables the immunocompromised child to keep the Port-A-Cath in place for a long time.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cateterismo Venoso Central
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Neoplasias
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Hematol Oncol
Asunto de la revista:
HEMATOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
1989
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido