Central venous catheters are associated with thrombosis among adult inpatients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange.

Alexandre Soares Ferreira JúniorStephen H BoyleMaragatha KuchibhatlaOluwatoyosi Adefunke Onwuemene

Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis (2022)

In hospitalized patients undergoing TPE, CVC use is associated with increased rates of thrombosis. Future studies are needed to investigate strategies to decrease CVC use and/or prevent CVC-associated complications in TPE-treated inpatients.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
pulmonary embolism
current status
young adults
childhood cancer