Catheter complications in AIDS patients treated for cytomegalovirus retinitis.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-3-1998
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the complications of central venous catheter use for intravenous therapy of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with AIDS.
METHODS: Retrospective review of 388 patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis treated with intravenous medications through an indwelling catheter.
RESULTS: The catheter complication rate was 1.2 complications per person-year (0.33 complications per 100 catheter-days). Current injecting drug use increased the risk of infectious complications [hazard ratio (HR), 1.73; P=0.04] whereas former use did not (HR, 0.96; P=0.88). Subdermal port catheters increased the risk of bacteremia (HR, 1.78; P=0.05). Mortality for the first complication was 5.8%. Forty percent of patients required catheter removal, and 86.8% of these patients required reinsertion of another catheter.
CONCLUSIONS: Catheter complications are a substantial problem in patients with CMV retinitis treated with daily intravenous therapy.
Volume
12
Issue
17
First Page
2321
Last Page
2327
ISSN
0269-9370
Published In/Presented At
Thorne, J. E., Jabs, D. A., Vitale, S., Miller, T., Dunn, J. P., & Semba, R. D. (1998). Catheter complications in AIDS patients treated for cytomegalovirus retinitis. AIDS (London, England), 12(17), 2321–2327. https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-199817000-00014
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
9863875
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article