15 December 2020>: Clinical Research
Computed Tomography (CT)-Navigated Translumbar Hemodialysis Catheters: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience
Tomas Jonszta 12ABDEF* , Daniel Czerny 12B , Vaclav Prochazka 12ABD , Adela Vrtkova 3CE , Vendelin Chovanec 45ADE , Antonin Krajina 45ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.927723
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927723
Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and comorbidities.
MED (IQR)* or n (%) | P# | ||
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Translumbar catheters | Jugular vein catheters | ||
n=37** | n=196** | ||
Age (years) | 64.0 (58.0–70.0) | 68.5 (57.0–75.2) | 0.408 |
Body mass index | 26.4 (23.3–29.7) | 27.4 (24.1–32.7) | 0.185 |
Sex (Female) | 20 (54.1) | 83 (42.3) | 0.257 |
Diabetes mellitus | 19 (51.4) | 89 (46.1) | 0.686 |
Hypertension | 30 (81.1) | 159 (82.0) | >0.999 |
Ischemic heart disease | 21 (56.8) | 110 (56.7) | >0.999 |
Lower extremities ischemia | 12 (32.4) | 41 (22.7) | 0.292 |
Death | 23 (62.2) | 53 (27.2) | |
* The median with the interquartile range (IQR); ** the number is related to the number of patients; # value of the Mann-Whitney test or test for the homogeneity of binomial proportions. |