BD (NYSE:BDX) today announced the commercial launch of its CentroVena One insertion system, a central venous catheter (CVC) ...

This was a cohort study [20] of IJ and SC CVC insertions by 41 second- and third-year internal medicine residents rotating through the MICU in a university-affiliated program from October 2006 to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In patients with severe thrombocytopenia, whether prophylactic transfusion is needed to prevent bleeding complications related to central venous catheter placement is unclear. New research findings ...

Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer During the First Year After Random Assignment to Adjuvant Treatment With Marrow-Supported High-Dose Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and ...

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