Misbah Tahir, Muhammad Ali, Danial Khalid Siddiqui, Noureen Durrani, Jawaid Iqbal, Khalid Mustafa
OBJECTIVES: To assess the patency of tunnel dialysis catheters and their results in patients in a tertiary care setting. METHODS: The retrospective-prospective, observational study was conducted at the Department of Interventional Radiology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from September 2021 to February 2022, and comprised records of patients who underwent tunnel dialysis catheters placement from July 2019 to December 2020. Data regarding age, gender, residence, comorbidity, catheter placement site, use of antibiotics before catheter insertion, reasons for catheter removal, and total catheter days was retrieved from the medical record...
January 2024: JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association