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Dialysis catheter insertion
A dialysis catheter is a conduit to access either the blood stream or the peritoneal cavity to enable to performance of dialysis. Hemodialysis catheters can be acute or temporary or chronic and in that case tunnelled under the skin. Peritoneal catheters are always tunnelled and enter the abdominal wall. Insertion is done with local anesthesia under ultrasound guidance or surgically.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: dialysis catheter insertion?
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A 41-year old asked:
Why does a dialysis catheter clog sometimes?
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A 38-year old asked:
Help please! is bleeding common after urethral catheter insertion?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is there anything that can protect the catheter site during peritoneal dialysis?
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A 31-year old asked:
Do I need to be very careful in catheter care during peritoneal dialysis?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Husband has chest catheter for dialysis. said has some green drainage from exit site for a couple weeks. wont go get it looked it. what should he do?
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A 23-year old asked:
What exactly is peritoneal dialysis catheter manipulation?
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A 31-year old asked:
When can I expect my peritoneal dialysis catheter be removed?
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A 41-year old asked:
How common is it to start bleeding from urethra, a week after catheter insertion?
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A 25-year old asked:
How and when should I change the bandages around my peritoneal dialysis catheter change?
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A 68-year old male asked:
Is sedation ever an option for patient with severe anxieties to urinary catheterization prior to insertion of the catheter?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can miscarriage be caused by an incorrect insertion of a catheter.I had a u/s viste where they used a catheter after i left i had bleeding n had a m/c?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it safe to use benzocaine gel before insertion of a Foley catheter?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I had no pain with Saline US,only thing I felt was initial insertion of catheter. Will I feel same with mini hysteroscopy? Will I feel polyp removal?
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A 65-year old male asked:
What can be done to minimize the pain of folley catheter insertion and removal? I recall this experience as the most unbearably painful event.
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A 33-year old asked:
During dialysis why does the subclavian catheter have darker blood than in patients with a fistula?
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A 48-year old asked:
For a dialysis, why is the subclavian catheter has darker blood rather than in patient with fistula?
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A member asked:
Why would nephrologist recommend catheter dialysis to my 90 yr old grandmother? Demented, barely ambulatory and 16% function.
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A 57-year old male asked:
Would dialysis using a permanent catheter in the only patent left phimoral vein rule out transplantation on it ? Had aneurysmal rupture on the right.
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A 38-year old asked:
How do you code removal of a peritoneal dialysis catheter? Or icd 9
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A 33-year old male asked:
I had a catheter ablation performed two days ago, and the bruise around the groin insertion site has grown to over 5 inches in diameter.
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A 71-year old male asked:
Can periodic catheter insertion for few minutes n dr office dilate urethra or bladder neck slightly for period of time? Only effective med too costly
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A 59-year old asked:
Taking subclavian vein from left arm n artrey from right n placing graft betwen them for dialysis.is it better or permanent catheter?no other option
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for prostrate enlargement BPH of 140gm & psa 6.73? Catheter insertion for one month & chronic sob, no hypertension. 72years
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A 23-year old male asked:
Aching throughout leg a week after cardiac catheter ablation? The leg below the catheter insertion point, down to the foot. Mild aching but annoying.
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A 57-year old male asked:
Can i restart peritoneal dialysis after having removed the catheter due to peritonitis, as i've blood clotting, deep vein issues with heamodialysis ?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I hadn't had sex closing 4 months now, could it be STD as you've said? & I noticed the stains on my boxers from the discharges I get sometimes (brownish). my balls aren't swollen or paining me. I've had catheter insertion before. pains passing urine?
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A member asked:
I have an av fistula in the antecubital space of my arm and a peritoneal dialysis catheter, is there a safe way to play paintball ?
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A 72-year old male asked:
Can meralgia paresthetica on both thighs be caused by catheter insertion in femoral veins during cardiac ablation for a-fib?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it possible for me to just insert a male catheter, but only at night?
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