De Keulenaer, B L

Democratis, J C

Wilks, M

Stephens, D P

De Backer, A I

We report the case of a critically ill 30-year-old chronic haemodialysis patient with a history of intravenous substance abuse whose intravenous access sites had become exhausted. She subsequently underwent elective insertion of a percutaneous translumbar inferior vena caval paired Tesio catheter and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line). This technique has been used successfully in patients who require longstanding central venous access (hyperalimentation, chemotherapy, chronic renal hemodialysis patients). This approach could be an alternative where the standard access routes have become non-viable.

Department of Intensive Care, Royal Darwin Hospital, Rocklands Drive, Tiwi, Northern Territory, Australia. bdekeul@hotmail.com.

Acta clinica Belgica 2005 Nov-Dec; 60(6): 373-6

1784-3286

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16502599/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5796

Adult

Catheterization, Central Venous

Female

Humans

Kidney Failure, Chronic

Lumbar Vertebrae

Critical Care

Renal Dialysis

Vena Cava, Inferior

Percutaneus translumbar inferior vena cava venous access in an intensive care patient.

Case Reports

Journal Article

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