Port-A-Cath usage in children with haemophilia : Experience of 53 cases
(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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- author
- Ljung, R. LU ; van den Berg, M. ; Petrini, P. ; Tengborn, L. LU ; Scheibel, E. ; Kekomäki, R. and Effenberger, W.
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- publishing date
- 1998
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Central venous catheter, Factor IX, Factor VIII, Haemophilia A, Haemophilia B, Port-A-Cath
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- Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
- volume
- 87
- issue
- 10
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- pmid:9825971
- scopus:0031697705
- ISSN
- 1651-2227
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01412.x
- language
- English
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- yes
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- cfb63a22-3110-4540-bbc5-2f09add9eb32
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