Despite some advantages to their use, long-term central venous catheters (CVCs) are associated with complications for patients who require chemotherapy. Understanding of these risks in commercially ...

In this study, we quantified the risk and described the risk factors for complications associated with arterial catheterization in critically ill children. We already know that central venous ...

Washington, DC - Compared with unfractionated heparin, trisodium citrate (TSC) 30% dramatically improves overall patency and reduces catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) when used as a catheter-locking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Noninfectious complications of urethral catheters are common, and should be a focus of surveillance and ...

Heart catheterization, a procedure to detect and clear clogged arteries, traditionally involves inserting a plastic tube through a groin incision into the femoral artery. But a new study shows fewer ...

Fifty-seven percent of patients who received a urinary catheter while hospitalized said the catheter resulted in at least one complication, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found. The ...

The use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC lines) has reduced the mortality and morbidity of premature newborns. The usual sites of insertion are the veins in the upper arms but ...

More than half of catheterized hospital patients experience complications, a new study finds. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are a well-known issue related to urinary catheters. However, ...

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are indispensable tools in modern critical care for the delivery of intensive therapies. However, their use is accompanied by a spectrum of complications ranging from ...

ED Highly Prevalent in Men with Failed Hypospadias Repair Follow-up procedures are significantly more likely to be required if PD catheters are inserted by interventionalists instead of general or ...

Using a 4-Fr instead of a 6-Fr guiding catheter reduces the incidence of access-site-related complications in patients undergoing transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to ...

Photoacoustic imaging is an imaging modality related to ultrasound imaging. A light source is inserted into a hollow-core needle and used to illuminate the patient's tissues. The tissue expands, ...