Central venous catheterization of the subclavian vein was associated with the lowest risk for bloodstream infections and symptomatic thrombosis compared with insertions at the jugular or femoral veins ...

Philip J. Dahlberg, William A. Agger, James R. Singer, Wilfrido R. Yutuc, Kermit L. Newcomer, Ana Schaper and Brenda L. Rooney Objective: To determine if an attachable silver-impregnated cuff is ...

Central venous access is necessary for the management of patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy with autologous PBSCT. These devices are used for indications such as administration of blood ...

The SAVES method is an effective and safe approach for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary/subclavian vein cannulation. Cannulation is a procedure of inserting a flexible tube (catheter) into ...

Researchers hoped the technique might involve lower exposure compared with right transradial access, but this didn’t pan out.

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 36-year-old man who was undergoing long-term hemodialysis was hospitalized with a two-day history of increasing dyspnea on exertion. He stated that he did not have cough, orthopnea, or night sweats.

Weekly docetaxel (D) versus daily low dose cisplatin (P)/ fluorouracil (F) as neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with advanced esophageal cancer: Nonrandomized phase II results of a ...

In this prospective study, we assessed the incidence of central venous catheter (CVC)-related thrombosis in haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We determined the contribution of ...

BOSTON—Central venous catheters (CVCs) for hemodialysis (HD) access are responsible for a high incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in children, according to data presented at the ...