Clinical Outcomes and Risk Factors for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections.

Kylie MartinYves S Poy LorenzoPo Yee Mia LeungSheri ChungEmmet O'flahertyNuala BarkerFrancesco Ierino

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

Diabetes and left internal jugular vein insertion site were significantly associated with increased risk of a catheter-related bloodstream infection from a tunneled hemodialysis catheter. Ex-smoker status was significantly associated with reduced risk.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
peritoneal dialysis
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
escherichia coli
drug induced
insulin resistance
klebsiella pneumoniae
weight loss