Efficacy and Safety of Bedside Removal of Tunnelled Hemodialysis Catheter by Noninterventional Nephrologists among Adult Patients in the King Abdulaziz University Hospital Hemodialysis Centre in Jeddah: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Distribution of patients (n = 53) according to their demographic characters, lab results, and chronic conditions.

Variables	Number (%)
Age in years	50.94 ± 18.89
BUN (mg/dl)	22.10 (4–56)
Duration of catheter insertion (months)	22 ± 11.7
Creatinine (mg/dl)	770.38 ± 329.532
Platelets count (×10/mm^3)	197 (65–592)
PTT (sec)	31.70 (22–178)
INR	1.10 (1–4)
WBCs (×10/mm^3)	8.49 (4–25)
PT (seconds)	12.30 (10–44)
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	8.17 ± 1.66
Sex
Female	21 (39.6)
Male	32 (60.4)
Underlying medical conditions
Hypertension	22 (41.5)
Diabetes mellitus, hypertension	19 (35.8)
Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidaemia	4 (7.5)
Diabetes mellitus	1 (1.9)
Hypertension, dyslipidaemia	1 (1.9)
Dyslipidaemia	1 (1.9)
No other medical conditions	5 (9.4)

BUN: blood urea nitrogen; PTT: partial thromboplastin time; INR: international normalised ratio; PT: prothrombin time; WBC: white blood cell.