• Journal of critical care · Jan 2025

    Impact of initial jugular vein insertion site selection for central venous catheter placement on hemodialysis catheter complications.

    • Kamel A Gharaibeh, Mohammad O Abdelhafez, Kolman E B Guedze, Hussain Siddiqi, Abdurrahman M Hamadah, and Avelino C Verceles.
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, State of Palestine. Electronic address: kamelgharaibeh@gmail.com.
    • J Crit Care. 2025 Jan 3; 87: 155011155011.

    PurposeThis study evaluated the impact of choosing the right versus left internal jugular vein (IJV) for initial central venous catheter (CVC) placement on hemodialysis catheter-related outcomes in critically ill patients.Materials And MethodsMedical records from the University of Maryland Medical Center were reviewed for adult critical care patients who received an IJV CVC between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022, and later required an additional temporary hemodialysis catheter.ResultsThe study included 214 patients, with 100 (46.7 %) receiving the primary CVC in the right IJV and 114 (53.3 %) in the left IJV. The right IJV group had higher hemodialysis catheter re-insertion rates (40 % vs. 2.6 % in the left IJV group, P < 0.001) related to using a different site other than the right IJV for the initial hemodialysis catheter (85 % for the right IJV group vs. 1.75 % for the left IJV group). Hemodialysis catheters were exchanged over a guidewire in 23 % of the right IJV group vs. 0.9 % in the left IJV group (P < 0.001). Additionally, 38 % of patients in the right IJV group required three venous access interventions, with 14 % needing four or more, versus only 2.6 % requiring three interventions in the left IJV group.ConclusionsInitiating CVC placement in the right IJV in critically ill patients is associated with a higher risk of hemodialysis catheter re-catheterization related to the use of veins other than the right IJV for hemodialysis catheter placement and an increased need for venous access interventions compared to placement in the left IJV.Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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