The Harm of Inappropriate Central Line Blood Cultures in Clinical Practice

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Oct 21. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5344. Online ahead of print.
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This case report describes a 57-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease who was receiving hemodialysis through a tunneled central venous catheter and had severe hyperkalemia that prompted admission for emergent hemodialysis.