Health Condition 1: N186- End stage renal disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with endstage renal disease on regular maintenance hemodialysis on tunnelled dialysis catheter as vascular access created and followed up at the study site will be enrolled for the study when they develop catheter related bloodstream infection as per IDSA criteria with microbial growth in both central and peripheral blood cultures
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with created arteriovenous fistula ready to function within 1 month 2. Diagnosed other sites of infection (infective endocarditis, lower respiratory tract infection, diabetic foot infections, etc) 3. No microbial isolates found in blood cultures of either central or peripheral blood 4. Previously unwell and recently hospitalized patients (within 1 month) 5. Not providing informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of composite adverse outcome event comprising any one of four events - death in hospital stay, moribund status at 1 month, relapse of infection by 3 months, death between hospital discharge & 3 monthsTimepoint: At three months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NoneTimepoint: Not applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow