Observational analysis assesses outcomes of tunneled cuffed catheters in chronic hemodialysis, highlighting clinical utility when arteriovenous fistulas fail.
Vascular access is an important aspect of haemodialysis treatments and determinant of patient outcomes. Arteriovenous (AV) fistula has been described as the preferred haemodialysis vascular access for patients on chronic dialysis, but it is not always possible or practical in certain clinical situations such as in AVF failure or lack of suitable vessels for AVF creation or waiting for living donor transplant.Aim and objectives of the study was to study the clinical characteristics of the patients with tunneled cuffed catheters (TCC), indications for TCC, complications and to determine the infection and survival rate of catheter and patient with various factors influencing the outcome.
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