All patients with Broviac catheters placed by pediatric intensivists and pediatric surgeons during a 3-year period from 2007 to 2009 were identified, and their charts and billing records were reviewed ...

Noah had always been a happy and healthy child, but that all changed in July 2018 when he woke up with severe leg and abdominal pain, labored breathing and intermittent fevers. His mom immediately ...

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia 2 NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Nathan, Queensland, ...

Mismatched implantation of a venous catheter to the common carotid artery is a rare complication, but unfortunately still occurs. Leaving a catheter in the carotid artery could lead to many ...

Seven medical supply companies made suspicious claims involving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, an advocacy group found. Linda Hennis at home in February.Credit...Jamie Kelter Davis for The New ...

More than 100 million urinary catheters are placed every year, and the devices can be lifesaving, especially after surgery. But many of those who use them—about a quarter of users in developing ...

Central venous catheters (CVCs) help deliver medication, fluids, blood, or nutrition. They can also be useful for monitoring and performing certain tests and procedures. Placing CVCs or central lines ...

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...

A team of physicians described the early diagnosis and successful long-term care of a patient with severe lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D)/Wolman disease from infancy until 5 years of age, as ...

Background: There is lack of evidence concerning safety of placement of tunneled central venous catheters (TCVCs) in neutropenic children with acute leukemias. Here, we evaluate the impact of absolute ...

There are different catheterisation techniques, strategies and catheter designs which may affect symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI; a bladder infection detected through urine testing where the ...