COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INDWELLING VENOUS HICKMAN CATHETERS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 16 (2) , 211-215
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1986.tb01150.x
Abstract
During a 28 month period, 77 Hickman catheters were inserted in 66 patients with hematological disorders. Complete follow-up was possible for 72 catheter insertions. Catheters remained in situ for a median period of 77 days (range 5-474 days). Fourteen (19%) catheters required removal because of complications which included sepsis, blockage, or displacement. Catheter-related infection was the major complication and Staphylococcus epidermidis and diphtheroids (Corynebacterium species) were the organisms most commonly isolated.Keywords
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