Central Venous Catheters (CVC), widely used in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are important sources of bloodstream infections (BSI). This prospective cohort epidemiological analytical study, aimed to ...

Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) often depend on central venous catheters, which not only deliver life-saving medications directly into the bloodstream but also are ...

Lucknow: In public health, human errors can cost a life. The accidental loss of a guide wire during the insertion of a central venous catheter is a se.

Central venous catheters are widely used in clinical practice and are linked to many types of complications, including incorrect positioning at the time the catheter is fitted. Here, the authors ...

Teleflex Incorporated has announced a contract with Vizient, Inc. for the supply of its Central Venous Access Catheters and Arterial Catheters, effective January 1, 2025. Vizient, the largest provider ...

Patients with testicular cancer had fewer venous access-related complications and overall thrombotic events when first-line chemotherapy was delivered via peripheral intravenous access compared with ...

Similar to peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs), midline catheters are placed peripherally in the patient’s arm. Like PICCs, midline catheters ...

Despite the ubiquitous utilization of central venous catheters in clinical practice, their use commonly provokes thromboembolism. No prophylactic strategy has shown sufficient efficacy to justify ...

At IDWeek 2023, updates on CLABSIs in the pediatric population. Jennifer Blumenthal, MD, an instructor, pediatric infectious diseases and critical care medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and ...

The management of many medical and surgical conditions often involves long-term infusion of intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents for cancer, critical care therapies, ...