Prevention of tunneled cuffed catheter dysfunction with prophylactic use of a taurolidine urokinase lock: A randomized double-blind trial.

<h4>Background</h4>The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prophylactic thrombolytic locks in hemodialysis patients at high-risk of thrombotic dialysis catheter dysfunction is uncertain. We investigated this question in a double-blinded randomized controlled study.<h4>Methods</h4...

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Main Authors: Florence Bonkain, Jean-Claude Stolear, Concetta Catalano, Dominique Vandervelde, Serge Treille, Marie M Couttenye, Annemieke Dhondt, Mark Libertalis, Mandelina Allamani, Philippe Madhoun, Amaryllis H Van Craenenbroeck, Floris Vanommeslaeghe, Freya Van Hulle, Philippe Durieux, Ingrid Van Limberghen, Christian Tielemans, Karl Martin Wissing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251793