Overall complication rates were similar to those seen with transfemoral access, however, and patients liked it better.

Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).

For the past year and a half, two doctors with Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants under UT Health East Texas have been performing a procedure to help lower blood pressure in certain patients. It’s ...

Of these, 4,733 were excluded (2,802 from hospital quarters without detailed data, 296 with no PICU stay, 437 >18 yrs, 845 who died within 1 day of catheter placement, and 348 repeat admissions ...