Research Article
Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections and Catheter Colonization among Haemodialysis Patients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
Table 4
Factors associated with poor outcome (shock, death, metastatic infection, and ICU admission).
| | Factors | Poor outcome (n = 28) | No poor outcome (n = 147) | value |
| | Age (median, IQR) | 63 (57–72) | 66 (55–73) | 0.885 |
| | Gender (n, %) | | Male | 15 (54%) | 89 (61%) | 0.491 | | Female | 13 (46%) | 58 (39%) |
| | History of previous catheter infection | 15 (54%) | 57 (39%) | 0.145 |
| | Comorbidities | | Ischaemic heart disease | 6 (21%) | 39 (26%) | 0.571 | | Hypertension | 23 (82%) | 124 (84%) | 0.770 | | Diabetes mellitus | 19 (67%) | 106 (72%) | 0.648 |
| | Type of catheter | | TDC | 24 (86%) | 121 (82%) | 0.790 | | NTDC | 4 (14%) | 26 (18%) |
| | Catheter site | | Femoral and others | 19 (68%) | 81 (55%) | 0.211 | | Internal jugular | 9 (32%) | 66 (45%) |
| | Catheter salvage | 17 (61%) | 55 (37%) | 0.026 |
| | Type of microorganism | | Gram positive | 11 (39%) | 93 (63%) | 0.028 | | Gram negative | 14 (50%) | 46 (31%) | | Mixed growth | 3 (11%) | 8 (5%) |
| | Initial blood parameters | | Haemoglobin (g/dl) (mean, SD) | 9.9 ± 1.7 | 9.7 ± 2 | 0.566 | | Platelets (x109/L) (mean, SD) | 197 ± 83 | 222 ± 83 | 0.150 | | White cell count (median, IQR) | 11.4 (9.3–17.6) | 10.5 (7.6–14) | 0.06 | | Albumin (g/L) (mean, SD) | 28 ± 5 | 29 ± 5 | 0.262 | | C-reactive protein (mg/L) (median, IQR) | 9.3 (5.7–16.7) | 5.5 (2.9–9.7) | 0.026 |
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Adjusted to age, comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease). TDC: tunnelled dialysis catheter; NTDC: nontunnelled dialysis catheter; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation. |
