Subclavian Stenosis: A Major Complication of Subclavian Dialysis Catheters
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 3 (4) , 423-425
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a091691
Abstract
Subclavian catheterisation is frequently used for acute vascular access for haemodialysis and is thought to rarely result in long-term clinical problems. Venography in 36 cases, however, revealed subclavian stenosis in 18 (50%), of whom five developed clinical problems. The incidence of subclavian-vein stenosis was related to the duration of cathetensation (P <0.05). It may also be more common in black patients. Subclavian catheterisation is therefore not necessarily an ideal form of acute vascular access.Keywords
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