Guidelines recommend against use of midline catheters for vancomycin-based outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), but evidence supporting the guidance is limited. This retrospective study ...

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic cardiologists have developed a new catheter-based technique to remove papillary fibroelastomas — the most common type of benign heart tumors — in patients who are ...

The LifeSite Hemodialysis System (Vasca, Inc., Tewksbury, MA, USA)is totally subcutaneous, incorporating two silicone catheters positioned in the central venous system and connected to a stainless ...

ABSTRACT: PICC is widely used in clinical practice due to its advantages of easy insertion, safety and cost-effectiveness, providing a reliable intravenous infusion pathway for patients undergoing ...

A Fort Lauderdale doctor has been punished by the state Board of Medicine. Getty Images A Fort Lauderdale doctor accused of causing a stroke by putting a new catheter in the wrong place will pay some ...

All LRP procedures were performed safely with no serious complications and no open conversion. There was no intraoperative urinary leakage. The mean age of patients was 65.9 ± 5.5 years, the mean ...

The ClotTriever XL Catheter is used to remove clots and blockages from large blood vessels outside the heart. There have been four reported injuries. There have been six reports of death. Get ...

A GROUNDBREAKING study comparing non-surgical (medical) insertion of abdominal catheters for peritoneal dialysis to traditional surgical methods has unveiled promising results, suggesting that the ...

DefenCath is intended for instillation into central venous catheters only. DefenCath ® (taurolidine and heparin) catheter lock solution is now available for inpatient use to reduce the incidence of ...

To assess the patency of tunnel dialysis catheters and their results in patients in a tertiary care setting. The retrospective-prospective, observational study was conducted at the Department of ...