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Long-Term Central Venous Catheter Use and Risk of Infection in Older Adults With Cancer

Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...
Medscape

Central Venous Catheter Use in the Pediatric Patient: Mechanical and Infectious Complications

A major difference between children and adults is that in pediatric patients, age and, particularly, weight and length of the patient are decisive factors determining the choice of CVC type and ...
Medscape

Use of Simulation-based Mastery Learning to Improve the Quality of Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

Background: Central venous catheter (CVC) insertions are performed frequently by internal medicine residents. Complications, including arterial puncture and pneumothorax, decrease when operators use ...
Nature

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement increases success rates in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Real-time ultrasound (US) guidance for central venous catheter (CVC) insertion has been shown to increase cannulation success rates and reduce complications in adults. Literature regarding US-guided ...
Healio

Transfusion policies may negatively affect outcomes after central catheter placement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe thrombocytopenia who did not receive prophylactic transfusion before catheter placement had ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CVC insertion project earns NIH grant for two Penn State assistant professors

The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a grant of $698,178 to two assistant professors at Penn State in University Park, Pa., for their research ...
News Medical

Innovative robotic training system to reduce catheter procedure complications

Each year, more than five million central venous catheters (CVC) are placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin to provide patients with fluids, blood or medications. The thin, flexible tubes ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Platelet Transfusion before CVC Placement in Patients with Thrombocytopenia

In patients with thrombocytopenia undergoing placement of a central venous catheter, the risk of grade 2 to 4 bleeding was lower among those who received platelet transfusion than among those who did ...
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Venous Thromboembolism Associated With Long-Term Use of Central Venous Catheters in Cancer Patients

Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer During the First Year After Random Assignment to Adjuvant Treatment With Marrow-Supported High-Dose Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and ...
Renal & Urology News

Inpatient Dialysis Initiation Higher for Patients With CKD and Heart Failure

More frequent placement of central venous catheter seen for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. (HealthDay News) — Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure ...
Healio

Chlorhexidine catheter gel dressing reduces microorganisms at insertion, suture sites

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A catheter dressing incorporating a chlorhexidine gluconate gel pad may reduce the presence of microorganisms at ...