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Pneumothorax Occurring with Dialysis Catheter Insertion

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This chapter discusses the case of a patient with end-stage renal disease who was referred to the dialysis access center for the placement of a tunneled dialysis catheter. In this case, the patient experienced a pneumothorax as a complication of the procedure.

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  1. Lifetime Vascular Access, University of Texas Medical Branch, 5135 Holly Terrace, Houston, TX, 77056, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Alexander S. Yevzlin

  2. Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Seton Hall-Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine, Neptune, New Jersey, USA

    Arif Asif

  3. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Robert R. Redfield III

  4. University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, Texas, USA

    Gerald A. Beathard

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Beathard, G.A. (2017). Pneumothorax Occurring with Dialysis Catheter Insertion. In: Yevzlin, A., Asif , A., Redfield III, R., Beathard, G. (eds) Dialysis Access Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57500-1_38

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