Comparison of the clinical effects between catheter exchange methods in geriatric patients with tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters

摘要

Objective To compare the infection-free and overall survival between first and subsequent tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters in geriatric patients. Methods The study involved 57 geriatric patients [32 male,25 female; mean age(72.4±6.7) years]undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in our blood