Open AccessThe Patency Rate of the Primary and Exchanged Femoral Haemodialysis Catheters
Author(s) -
Roozbeh Cheraghali,
Pezhman Farshidmehr
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2021.28.4.10
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , surgery , dialysis , dialysis catheter , hemodialysis , femoral artery , prospective cohort study , mortality rate , confidence interval
This prospective cohort study aims to evaluate the primary and exchanged femoral catheter patency rates, as well as mortality rates and determine the probable risk factors affecting femoral catheter survival.