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Survival of tunneled hemodialysis catheters after percutaneous placement

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Weber E., Liberek T., Wołyniec W., Gruszecki M., Rutkowski B.

2016

vol. 63

issue 1

139-143

Background. Tunneled catheters are becoming increasingly used as a permanent dialysis access. Easy way of insertion and good long-term patency make them competitive to fistulas in some groups of patients. Methods. Late complications and survival of 180 tunneled catheters inserted from June 2010 to December 2013 in 171 unselected hemodialysis patients were analyzed. Results. The cumulative time of observation was 2103.5 patient-months and median observation was 9 months (range of 0.5-45 months). Only 19 out of 180 catheters were removed due to complications (12 for infections, 4 due to malfunction and 3 because of mechanical damage). Majority of catheters were removed electively: 27 after maturation of arterio-venous fistula (AVF), 4 after kidney transplant, 5 after transfer to peritoneal dialysis and 3 due to the recovery of renal function. At the end of the observation, 58 catheters were still in use and 64 patients had died with functioning catheter. When censored for elective catheter removal and patient death, 88.2% of catheters survived for 1 year. Catheter survival was significantly better in older patients (over 65 years, in comparison to patients < 65 years, p = 0.046). Conclusions. Nearly 90% of all inserted catheters gave reliable dialysis access as long as it was needed. Among them, over 30% of the inserted catheters were in use at the end of the observation period, and over 30% of patients had died with a functioning catheter. The results of tunneled catheters survival are encouraging and they should be taken into consideration during decision-making on vascular access, especially in the older patients.

Prolonged renal failure in the course of atypical ethylene glycol intoxication

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Liberek T., Śliwarska J., Czurak K., Perkowska-Ptasińska A., Weber E., Rutkowski B.

2013

vol. 60

issue 4

661-663

Ethylene glycol poisoning is not an uncommon cause of an acute renal injury. In this paper we present case of prolonged renal failure in the course of ethylene glycol intoxication. Due to the low dose of ingested ethylene glycol and concomitant ethanol consumption, the neurodepressive phase of the intoxication was rather mild and patient presented to the hospital on the ninth day after poisoning with established renal failure. The diagnosis of the specific cause of renal injury was facilitated by the renal biopsy.

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2 Acta Biochimica Polonica

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2 Liberek T.

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1 Perkowska-Ptasińska A.

1 Wołyniec W.

1 Śliwarska J.

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Survival of tunneled hemodialysis catheters after percutaneous placement

Prolonged renal failure in the course of atypical ethylene glycol intoxication