Archived Information for Change Concept #7

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Tools

 

Monthly Catheter Tracking Tool

 

Literature

  1. Venous thrombosis associated with the placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC), by Allen AW, Megargell JL, Brown DB, Lynch FC, Singh H, Singh Y, Waybill PN. From J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2000 Nov-Dec;11(10):1309-14.
     
  2. Type of vascular access and mortality in U.S. hemodialysis patients, by Dhingra RK, Young EW, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Leavey SF, Port FK. From Kidney Int, 2001 Oct;60(4):1443-51. This case-mix adjusted analysis suggests that central venous catheter and arteriovenous graft are correlated with increased mortality risk when compared with AVF, both overall and by major causes of death.
     
  3. Identifying vascular access complications among ESRD patients in Europe. A prospective, multicenter study, by Elseviers MM, Van Waeleghem JP; European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association. From Nephrol News Issues, 2003 Jul;17(8):61-4, 66-8, 99. Catheters presented an eightfold increased risk for patients of developing infections and access flow problems. This study revealed the high complication rate in VA and strengthened the notion that the AV fistula is the superior access.
     
  4. Incidence of central vein stenosis and occlusion following upper extremity PICC and port placement, by Gonsalves CF, Eschelman DJ, Sullivan KL, DuBois N, Bonn J.Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 2003 Mar-Apr;26(2):123-7. Epub 2003 Mar 06.
     
  5. Subclavian vascular access stenosis in dialysis patients: natural history and risk factors, by Hernandez D, Diaz F, Rufino M, Lorenzo V, Perez T, Rodriguez A, De Bonis E, Losada M, Gonzalez-Posada JM, Torres A. J Am Soc Nephrol, 1998 Aug;9(8):1507-10.
     
  6. A prospective study of complications associated with cuffed, tunnelled haemodialysis catheters, by Little MA, O'Riordan A, Lucey B, Farrell M, Lee M, Conlon PJ, Walshe JJ. From Nephrol Dial Transplant, 2001 Nov;16(11):2194-200.
     
  7. Vascular access and increased risk of death among hemodialysis patients, by Pastan S, Soucie JM, McClellan WM. From Kidney Int, 2002 Aug;62(2):620-6. Venous catheters are associated with an increased risk of all-cause and infection-related mortality among hemodialysis patients.
     
  8. Hemodialysis catheter-associated endocarditis: clinical features, risks, and costs, by Sandroni S, McGill R, Brouwer D. From Semin Dial, 2003 May-Jun;16(3):263-5.
     
  9. Managing the complications of long-term tunneled dialysis catheters, by Schon D, Whittman D. From Semin Dial, 2003 Jul-Aug;16(4):314-22.
     
  10. Epidemiology of hemodialysis vascular access infections from longitudinal infection surveillance data: predicting the impact of NKF-DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access, by Stevenson KB, Hannah EL, Lowder CA, Adcox MJ, Davidson RL, Mallea MC, Narasimhan N, Wagnild JP. From Am J Kidney Dis, 2002 Mar;39(3):549-55.
     
  11. Internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with hemodialysis catheters, by Wilkin TD, Kraus MA, Lane KA, Trerotola SO. From Radiology, 2003 Sep;228(3):697-700. Epub 2003 Jul 24.
     
  12. 65% of Patients with Cuffed Catheters Have Adequate Vasculature for AV Fistula Creation. Sands J, Espada C, Ferrell L, Lazarus J., Abstract, NKF meeting, April 2001. 

 

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