Radiologically Placed Tunneled Internal Jugular Catheters in the Management of Chronic Hemodialysis and Long-term Infusion Therapies in the Pediatric Population

• Published in: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 875 - 881
• Main Authors: Peynircioglu, Bora, MD, Ozkan, Fuat, MD, Canyigit, Murat, MD, Pamuk, Gulsun A., MD, Geyik, Serdar, MD, Cil, Barbaros E., MD, Balkanci, Ferhun, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Catheterization, Central Venous; Catheters, Indwelling; Child; Child, Preschool; Device Removal; Female; Humans; Infant; Infusions, Intravenous; Jugular Veins - diagnostic imaging; Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Radiography, Interventional; Radiology; Renal Dialysis - instrumentation; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Failure; Treatment Outcome; CVC; central venous catheter

Purpose To evaluate the long-term outcomes of radiologically inserted dual-lumen hemodialyis and infusion catheters in pediatric patients. Materials and Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of 114 tunneled internal jugular catheters in 71 consecutive pediatric patients between M...