Intracardiac fistula: an unusual complication of catheter-related blood stream infection

In end stage renal disease patients on dialysis, the use of catheter as a vascular access is associated with a significant risk of sepsis compared to an arterio-venous fistula. Our case emphasizes the importance of having high index of suspicion for unusual complications in patients presenting with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Koratala, Abhilash, Aboud, Hussain, Gibson, Robert, Hamilton, Karen K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5588803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270417728230
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Sumario:In end stage renal disease patients on dialysis, the use of catheter as a vascular access is associated with a significant risk of sepsis compared to an arterio-venous fistula. Our case emphasizes the importance of having high index of suspicion for unusual complications in patients presenting with possible catheter-related blood stream infection and early use of complementary tools such as trans-oesophageal echocardiography whenever applicable.

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