Healio

Chlorhexidine catheter gel dressing reduces microorganisms at insertion, suture sites

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A catheter dressing incorporating a chlorhexidine gluconate gel pad may reduce the presence of microorganisms at ...
Medscape

Use of Simulation-based Mastery Learning to Improve the Quality of Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

Background: Central venous catheter (CVC) insertions are performed frequently by internal medicine residents. Complications, including arterial puncture and pneumothorax, decrease when operators use ...
Medscape

Central Venous Catheter Use in the Pediatric Patient: Mechanical and Infectious Complications

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 ...
Nature

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement increases success rates in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Real-time ultrasound (US) guidance for central venous catheter (CVC) insertion has been shown to increase cannulation success rates and reduce complications in adults. Literature regarding US-guided ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CVC insertion project earns NIH grant for two Penn State assistant professors

The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a grant of $698,178 to two assistant professors at Penn State in University Park, Pa., for their research ...
Nature

Horner’s syndrome in patients admitted to the intensive care unit that have undergone central venous catheterization: a prospective study

Central venous catheterization (CVC) is estimated to be performed in millions of patients per year. Swan–Ganz catheters used for CVC are most often inserted into the internal jugular vein and during ...
News Medical

Innovative robotic training system to reduce catheter procedure complications

Each year, more than five million central venous catheters (CVC) are placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin to provide patients with fluids, blood or medications. The thin, flexible tubes ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Guidance on the use of ultrasound locating devices for placing central venous catheters

Two-dimensional (2-D) imaging ultrasound guidance is recommended as the preferred method for insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) into the internal jugular vein (IJV) in adults and children in ...
Healio

Transfusion policies may negatively affect outcomes after central catheter placement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe thrombocytopenia who did not receive prophylactic transfusion before catheter placement had ...
ascopubs.org

Long-Term Central Venous Catheter Use and Risk of Infection in Older Adults With Cancer

Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...
ascopubs.org

Prospective, Randomized Trial of Two Different Modalities of Flushing Central Venous Catheters in Pediatric Patients With Cancer

Stage-Specific Outcomes of Patients With Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Comparison of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Systems During ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Guidance on the use of ultrasound locating devices for placing central venous catheters

NHS trusts in which CVCs are used, all those who routinely insert CVCs and those responsible for clinical training programmes should review policies and practices regarding the insertion of CVCs to ...