Single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis are associated with comparable postinsertion complication and technical survival rates.

A retrospective review of the pharmacy computer database was performed to identify hemodialysis patients with central venous catheters who received alteplase or urokinase for presumed catheter ...

Before 1998, urokinase was considered standard therapy for the management of occluded hemodialysis catheters. The dose of 5000 units per port appears on the FDA-approved labeling for urokinase.