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COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INDWELLING VENOUS HICKMAN CATHETERS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Author(s) -
HARVEY M. P.,
TRENT R. J.,
JOSHUA D. E.,
RAMSEYSTEWART G.,
STOREY D. W.,
KRONENBERG H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1986.tb01150.x
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus epidermidis , sepsis , complication , catheter , surgery , central venous catheter , anesthesia , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , biology , genetics
During a 28 month period, 77 Hickman catheters were inserted in 66 patients with hematological disorders. Complete follow‐up was possible for 72 catheter insertions. Catheters remained in situ for a median period of 77 days (range 5–474 days). Fourteen (19%) catheters required removal because of complications which included sepsis, blockage, or displacement. Catheter‐related infection was the major complication and Staphylococcus epidermidis and diphtheroids (Corynebacterium species) were the organisms most commonly isolated.