Unexpected tunnelled central venous access demise: a single institutional study from the UK

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Unexpected tunnelled central venous access demise: a single institutional study from the UK

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Purpose To explore the factors involved in the demise of tunnelled central vascular access devices (CVADs) in children and describe patterns of failure. Methods A retrospective study including children under 16 years of age undergoing CVAD insertion in a tertiary centre between October 2014 and December 2019. The Kaplan-Meier estimator was used to study CVAD survival and piecewise exponential curves to approximate hazard rates. Related factors were analysed using multivariable regression. Res...

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Article

Date created

2021-01-01

Creator

Bough, Georgina / Lambert, Nicholas J. / Djendov, Florin / Jackson, Claire

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/18570

Related subjects

Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Pediatrics / Science & Technology / Surgery

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