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Port-A-Cath usage in children with haemophilia : Experience of 53 cases

Ljung, R. LU orcid ; van den Berg, M. ; Petrini, P. ; Tengborn, L. LU ; Scheibel, E. ; Kekomäki, R. and Effenberger, W. (1998) In Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics 87(10). p.1051-1054
Abstract

Experience of the Port-A-Cath implantable venous access system in 53 children with severe or moderate haemophilia A or B from seven centres in five countries is reviewed. The cumulative duration of follow-up was 1578 months (median 30 months, range 1-114). Of the devices implanted, 70% (37/53) were used without complications (median follow-up 32 months; range 1-114) and the remaining 30% (16/53) were associated with various types of complication: infection, bacteraemia or septicaemia in 56% (9/16) of cases, i.e. a rate of 0.07 per follow-up year or 0.19 per 1000 patient days, or various technical complications occurring after a median of 32 months (range 4-75) of uncomplicated use in the remaining 44% (7/16). Of the patients with... (More)

Experience of the Port-A-Cath implantable venous access system in 53 children with severe or moderate haemophilia A or B from seven centres in five countries is reviewed. The cumulative duration of follow-up was 1578 months (median 30 months, range 1-114). Of the devices implanted, 70% (37/53) were used without complications (median follow-up 32 months; range 1-114) and the remaining 30% (16/53) were associated with various types of complication: infection, bacteraemia or septicaemia in 56% (9/16) of cases, i.e. a rate of 0.07 per follow-up year or 0.19 per 1000 patient days, or various technical complications occurring after a median of 32 months (range 4-75) of uncomplicated use in the remaining 44% (7/16). Of the patients with inhibitors, 64% (7/11) manifested complications. Both doctors and parents considered that the Port-A-Cath device can be used with an acceptable frequency and severity of complications, and that it enables regular prophylactic or on-demand home treatment of children with haemophilia to be begun at an early age.

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Central venous catheter, Factor IX, Factor VIII, Haemophilia A, Haemophilia B, Port-A-Cath
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Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
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87
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10
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1651-2227
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10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01412.x
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  series       = {{Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics}},
  title        = {{Port-A-Cath usage in children with haemophilia : Experience of 53 cases}},
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