title: Safety aspects in patients on hemodialysis with catheters.
abstract: Central venous catheter (CVC)-related problems, risks and safety hazards are partly caused by different characteristics of the CVC-based access and their performance features. This chapter covers those issues in a chronological order, from factors related to the choice of the CVC, insertion site and insertion procedure itself, over those associated with CVC use and their monitoring up to safety hazards of interventional procedures. Not discussed are CVC infections as they are covered in a separate chapter in this book.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine - Strahov, General University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors: Vladimír
authors: V
authors: Polakovič
authors: František
authors: F
authors: Lopot
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D061214:Patient Safety; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D062666:Vascular Access Devices / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000145:classification; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology