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Approach to the Infected Catheter

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Vascular access is imperative to all hemodialysis patients. Although the rate of chronic central venous catheter (CVC) use has declined, the majority of dialysis patients still initiate using a CVC. This device increases the infectious complication rate and mortality of a high-risk population. It is necessary that all members of the health-care team can prevent, recognize, diagnose, and appropriately treat infections related to CVC to improve the outcomes of hemodialysis patients. This chapter will review the risks, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of catheter-related infections. It is a team approach that is necessary to deal with this potentially devastating vascular access complication.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

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    Arif Asif

  3. Interventional Nephrology Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami Miller School of Med, Miami, Florida, USA

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Maursetter, L. (2014). Approach to the Infected Catheter. In: Yevzlin, A., Asif, A., Salman, L. (eds) Interventional Nephrology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8803-3_10

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