[Hickman catheters for chemotherapy in patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia].
Permanent venous catheters are part of the treatment of haematology patients. 191 tunnelled catheters inserted in 146 patients in a 51-month period at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, were analysed prospectively. The median catheter life span was 400 days, according to the Kaplan-Meier plot. The rate of premature removal was 1.94 per 1,000 catheter days, and the infection rate was 1.04 per 1,000 catheter days. There was no significant relationship between complications noted during operation, length of operation, age and gender and rate of premature removal. The rate of premature removal did not change during the study. Further investigations are needed to determine which episodes during operation have an impact on catheter life span.
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H:S Rigshospitalet, Juliane Marie Centeret, Anaestesi- og operationsafsnit 4013. helle.kasper@get2net.dk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors