Predictive factors of infection in patients with chronic kidney disease using hemodialysis catheters.
Juliana da Costa MatosLaura Lane Menezes PolsinKarla Cristina Petrucelli IsraelLeonardo Pessoa CavalcantePublished in: Jornal vascular brasileiro (2023)
The overall hemodialysis venous catheter infection rate was 10.1 episodes/1000 catheter days, 15.1 episodes/1000 catheters days in non-tunneled catheters and 3.3 episodes/1000 catheters days in tunneled catheters. The infection predisposing factors identified were use of non-tunneled catheters and having 2 hemodialysis sessions per week. Regarding the microbiological profile, over half of the bacteria isolated were Gram-negative.