Doxycycline may reduce the incidence of aneurysms in haemodialysis vascular accesses | Zendy

Charles J. Diskin | Zendy; Thomas J. Stokes | Zendy; Linda M. Dansby | Zendy; Lautrec Radcliff | Zendy; Thomas B. Carter | Zendy

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Doxycycline may reduce the incidence of aneurysms in haemodialysis vascular accesses

Author(s) -

Charles J. Diskin,

Thomas J. Stokes,

Linda M. Dansby,

Lautrec Radcliff,

Thomas B. Carter

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh694

Subject(s) - medicine , doxycycline , incidence (geometry) , hemodialysis , surgery , vascular access , antibiotics , cardiology , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Doxycycline can prevent aortic aneurysms through the inhibition of enzymes that degrade vessel walls. We investigated whether haemodialysis patients who had received one or more courses of doxycycline were at less risk for aneurysms in their vascular accesses than those who had received other antibiotics.

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