(HealthDay News) — For patients in intensive care units who need a catheter, placement in the subclavian vein appears to lower the risk of bloodstream infection and deep-vein thrombosis, compared to ...
The objective of this study was to investigate the risk of acute internal jugular, subclavian, and axillary deep venous thrombosis (upper torso DVT [UTDVT]) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and the role of ...
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 ...
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 ...
This was a retrospective cohort study of infants admitted between July 2006 and December 2009 at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. PICCs’ were inserted either by ...
To report the experience of peripheral insertion of double-lumen central catheters (PIDLCC) in preterm and term newborn infants and to analyze the technical characteristics of the procedure and any ...
Management of recurrent deep vein thrombosis in thoracic outlet syndrome. A 53-year-old woman presents to the emergency room for right upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after rib resection and ...