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 ...

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The incidence rate of pulmonary embolism-related hospitalizations in pediatric patients revealed that this outcome occurred infrequently; however, having acute PE raised the odds for in-hospital ...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, is commending the establishment of a state-of-the-art cardiac catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) at the private health ...

Particular attention should be given to those patients who develop chills or fever that are associated with catheter flushing. Superficial infections at the insertion or exit site, or along a ...

A Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) + official said today on LinkedIn that the company won CE mark for its Crescent RA jugular dual lumen catheter ... an indication for use in pediatric patients with acute ...

1. Newman DK, Cumbee RP, Rovner ES. Indwelling (transurethral and suprapubic) catheters. In: Newman DK, Rovner ES, Wein AJ, editors. Clinical Application of Urologic ...

The word “catheter” comes from Greek, meaning “to let or send down.” Catheters were used as early as 3,000 B.C. to relieve painful urinary retention. In those times, many materials were used to form a ...

Fourteen CLABSI occurred in 13 patients. Overall CLABSI incidence (per 1000 CVC days) was 0.95 (9.71 for silastic percutaneous CVC, 7.65 for other CVC, 1.97 for Broviac, 0.18 for Port-a-cath). CVC ...

An 11-year-old boy with a history of asthma and allergic rhinitis presented to the emergency department (ED) with worsening fatigue, minimal responsivity to external stimuli, and diffuse muscle ...