Is it safe to manage infected permanent dialysis catheters without removal? - an observational study
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N186- End stage renal disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058556
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Namrata Rao S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients with endstage renal disease on regular maintenance hemodialysis on tunnelled dialysis catheter as vascular access created and followed up at the study site will be enrolled for the study when they develop catheter related bloodstream infection as per IDSA criteria with microbial growth in both central and peripheral blood cultures
1.Patients with created arteriovenous fistula ready to function within 1 month
2. Diagnosed other sites of infection (infective endocarditis, lower respiratory tract infection, diabetic foot infections, etc)
3. No microbial isolates found in blood cultures of either central or peripheral blood
4. Previously unwell and recently hospitalized patients (within 1 month)
5. Not providing informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method