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Conclusions: Complications during percutaneous central venous catheter placement in children are not rare and may be in part attributable to abnormalities in vascular anatomy.
Central Venous Catheter Placement and Confirmation Techniques Publication Trend The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Central Venous Catheter Placement and ...
Bleeding at the neonatal PICC placement site may not subside with pressure held at the puncture site or may resume with efforts to clean and dress the catheter.
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 ...
A central line, also known as central venous catheter, is larger than a typical IV line and has benefits that make it more useful in some cases. This article covers what central lines are used for.
A tunnelled central venous catheter (often known as a Hickman line) is a long, fine, hollow silicone tube with an opening at each end. The tip of the tube is inserted into the superior vena cava. A ...
New catheter materials for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) may reduce the risk of device failure due to infectious, thrombotic, and catheter occlusion events. However, data from ran ...
Withholding prophylactic platelet transfusion before placement of a central venous catheter in patients with severe thrombocytopenia resulted in more catheter-related bleeding events, results of a ...
based on product category, the non-tunneled catheter sub-segment accounts for about 77.0% of the total market share and is likely to retain its dominance during the forecast period. Central venous ...
Nichols and colleagues suggested that central venous catheter placement "adds risk without corresponding sufficient patient benefit and entirely in the guise of avoiding several additional ...
Minimizing Complications Associated With Percutaneous Central Venous Catheter Placement in Children Recent Advances John M. Costello, MD, MPH; Timothy C. Clapper, PhD; David Wypij, PhD Disclosures ...