Open AccessHow much is catheter flow influenced by the use of closed luer lock access devices?
Author(s) -
Sunny Eloot,
J.-Y. De Vos,
R. Hombrouckx,
P. Verdonck
Publication year - 2007
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/gfm314
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , dialysis catheter , blood flow , lock (firearm) , dialysis , hemodialysis , surgery , inflow , cardiology , biomedical engineering , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , mechanics , physics , engineering
To reduce infection risks in patients on hemodialysis with a long term central venous catheter, different types of closed luer lock access devices are used on the arterial and venous catheter hub. Although those connectors create a mechanically and microbiologically closed system in between two dialysis sessions, no data are available on the resistance those connectors exert on the blood flow during dialysis. Therefore, in the present study, flow resistance was determined in three different connectors.
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