Impact of side-hole geometry on the performance of hemodialysis catheter tips: A computational fluid dynamics assessment.

Hemodialysis catheters are used to support blood filtration, yet there are multiple fundamentally different approaches to catheter tip design with no clear optimal solution. Side-holes have been shown to increase flow rates and decrease recirculation but have been associated with clotting/increased...

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Main Authors: David G Owen, Diana C de Oliveira, Shuang Qian, Naomi C Green, Duncan E T Shepherd, Daniel M Espino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236946