central venous catheters
Policy for the Insertion and Management of Central Venous Catheters (CVC s)
... Bloodstream infections associated with the insertion and maintenance of CVCs are among the most dangerous complications that can occur, prolonging the period of hospitalisation, increasing the cost of care and worsening ...
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Heparin versus 0.9% sodium chloride intermittent flushing for prevention of occlusion in central venous catheters in adults
... Central venous catheters (CVCs) are temporary devices implanted into patients when easy or frequent intravenous access is ...such catheters can cause blood clots, which can block the line, ...
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Use of Antibiotic Lock Therapy with Long-Term Central Venous Catheters
... in central venous catheters was acknowledged by nursing teams from 22 Brazilian HSCT centres registered in the Brazilian Society of Bone Marrow ...
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Anti-Candida activity of antimicrobial impregnated central venous catheters
... of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) remains high even after the implementation of preventive strategies, the use of chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine (CSS) or minocycline/rifampin ...
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Central Venous Catheters and Upper Extremity DVT: Update, Diagnosis and Management
... Removal of a central venous catheters associated with thrombus and subsequent placement of a new central venous access at a new site almost always resulted in new DVT. The[r] ...
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Right Atrial Thrombus Formation Screening Using Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms in Neonates With Central Venous Catheters
... Pietsch Echocardiograms in Neonates With Central Venous Catheters Right Atrial Thrombus Formation Screening Using Two-Dimensional. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/81/2/284[r] ...
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Initiation of maintenance hemodialysis through central venous catheters: study of patients' perceptions based on a structured questionnaire
... Methods: To determine the reasons for this high rate of catheter use, and, ultimately, ways to reduce it, we developed a questionnaire designed to determine where in the process of patient care the process to fistula or ...
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Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Community Composition and Structure in Clinically Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Central Venous Catheters
... and central venous catheters (13, 16) also found no difference in relative diversity between the two groups; however, they did not detect a difference in OTU richness between the two sample types ...
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The use of semi-permanent central venous catheters in a population of hospital patients with malignant disease : determinants of adverse outcomes
... Developments in surgical practice have enabled more effective cancer surgery to be performed with less morbidity. As the scope of new surgical techniques in fields such as reconstructive surgery have developed, the ...
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Gauze and tape and transparent polyurethane dressings for central venous catheters (Review)
... Central venous catheters (CVCs) facilitate venous access, allowing the intravenous administration of complex drug treatments, blood products and nutritional support, without the trauma ...
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Tunneled Femoral Central Venous Catheters in Children With Cancer
... ong-term central venous catheters are manda- tory in the therapy of many pediatric cancer patients undergoing conventional chemother- apy and/or high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell ...tunneled ...
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Percutaneous Insertion of Silastic Central Venous Catheters in Newborn Infants
... Percutaneous Insertion of Silastic Central Venous Catheters in Newborn Infants. Services[r] ...
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Immediate access arteriovenous grafts versus tunnelled central venous catheters: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Autologous arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) are the vas- cular access modality of choice [1,3] with fewer infective and thrombotic complications than the alternatives [1,4]: tunnelled central venous ...
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Management of central venous catheters in adult intensive care units in Australia : policies and practices
... The aim of this study was to describe current practice for insertion and care of central venous catheters (CVCs) in intensive care units (ICUs) in Australia and to compare current practice with ...
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The use of minocycline rifampin coated central venous catheters for exchange of catheters in the setting of staphylococcus aureus central line associated bloodstream infections
... C: Central venous catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin for the prevention of catheter-related colonization and bloodstream ...antimicrobial-impregnated central venous ...
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How Long Does It Take to “Rule Out” Bacteremia in Children With Central Venous Catheters?
... RESULTS. Two-hundred episodes of bloodstream infection were included. The median patient age was 5.5 years. Central venous catheters were in place for a median of 80.5 days. Gram-negative bacteria ...
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Central Venous Catheters. Self Learning Module
... of Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) has increased dramatically over recent ...these catheters are now commonplace in the medical/surgical and community ...of central lines ...
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Heparin versus 0.9% sodium chloride locking for prevention of occlusion in central venous catheters in adults
... Central venous catheters are tubes (also called ’lines’) temporarily implanted into patients when frequent intravenous access is ...a central venous ...prevent catheters from ...
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Extent of Agreement in Gentamicin Concentration Between Serum That Is Drawn Peripherally and From Central Venous Catheters
... The blood sample for the 3-hour gentamicin concentra- tion determination is obtained peripherally (finger lan- cet puncture or venipuncture) because of a concern that results that are obtained from a sample that is drawn ...
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Central venous catheters: a survey of ICU practices
... published guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infection in 1981 (CDC 1981), 1996 (Pearson 1996), and most recently in 2002 (O'Grady et al. 2002). The Guidelines were developed by a ...
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