(HealthDay)—For patients in intensive care units who need a catheter, placement in the subclavian vein appears to lower the risk of bloodstream infection and deep-vein thrombosis, compared to jugular ...
For critically ill patients requiring dialysis, insertion of the catheter in a vein in the neck does not appear to reduce the risk of infection compared to vein access in the upper leg, except for ...
Central venous catheters are frequently used in leukapheresis to provide high flow rates. The most common locations are the subclavian or jugular vein, but insertion-related complications and ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anatomic tunnel placement in medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction, particularly on the femur, is ...
The Avalon Elite Multi-Port Venous Femoral Catheter incorporates advanced materials and physician-focused engineering to make it flexible, kink resistant and high performing. This catheter’s design ...
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 ...
A case report has been recently published in BMC Nephrology by Jaka P. and colleagues on the malposition of the femoral central venous catheter in the renal vein of a transplanted kidney, ...
Controlling pain using a femoral nerve catheter rather than standard intravenous opioids may improve early knee function after total knee arthroplasty, a study suggests. Martin L. De Ruyter, MD, ...
The optimal location for central venous catheter (CVC) placement remains a contentious debate, despite years of use and thousands of published reports. This study was designed to randomly assign adult ...