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Quinton-Mahurkar catheter as short-term central venous access for PBSC collection: single-center experience of 370 aphereses in 110 patients.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8932838     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We retrospectively analyzed our experience with the Quinton-Mahurkar dual-lumen hemodialysis catheter as short-term central venous access for harvesting peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) for autologous transplantation. For intensification therapy for various malignancies 370 leukaphereses were performed in 110 candidates. The catheter was placed percutaneously under local anesthesia only for the time of blood collection and in no case was it used for the PBSC transplant. No systemic antithrombotic prophylaxis was administered. PBSC were collected using a continuous flow cell separator, COBE Spectra, after mobilization with chemotherapy followed by cytokine: rhGM-CSF and rhG-CSF s.c. (35 patients) or rhG-CSF s.c. alone (75 patients). The median number of aphereses was two (1-13). Eighty-nine patients (81.3%) required three or fewer sessions to collect the minimum mononuclear cell target number of 6 x 10(8) MNC/kg. The volume of blood per kg body weight processed for each apheresis was 240 ml (range 150-560 ml) equivalent to 13 l (6-30 l) and the median flow rate was 61 ml/min (range 30-90 ml/min). The total CD34+ cell yield per patient was 3.55 x 10(6)/kg (0.26-34.8) and the MNC yield was 6.1 x 10(8)/kg (2.96-12.6). We observed the following complications: local infection in four cases (3.6%), catheter occlusion for local thrombosis in two cases (1.8%) and pneumothorax in one case (0.97%). In our experience the Mahurkar-Quinton catheter, when placed specifically for apheresis sessions, was very effective and safe for PBSC harvesting with a low incidence of complications.
Authors:
A Alegre; M J Requena; M J Fernández-Villalta; M Orts; F Gilsanz; J F Tomás; R Arranz; J J Gil-Fernández; A Granda; M R Bernardo; M Passanisi; E Granados; J M Fernández-Rañada
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bone marrow transplantation     Volume:  18     ISSN:  0268-3369     ISO Abbreviation:  Bone Marrow Transplant.     Publication Date:  1996 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-02-25     Completed Date:  1997-02-25     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8702459     Medline TA:  Bone Marrow Transplant     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  865-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Haematology, Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation* / instrumentation,  methods
Humans
Leukapheresis / instrumentation*
Retrospective Studies
Transplantation, Autologous

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