Peripherally inserted central catheters are important but can be difficult to place in neonates. Therefore, we compared a near-infrared device, the Vein Viewer, to determine if its use would increase ...

The origination of the central venous catheter technique is attributed to Werner Forrsmann in 1929, who won a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956 for his idea of delivering a drug directly into the heart ...

Patients who require hemodialysis (HD) are commonly exposed to peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) both before and after initiation of dialysis, and are subsequently much less likely to ...

A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is a small, thin, and flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm and guided into the superior vena cava to deliver intravenous fluids, ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - There are seven hospitals in the United States that offer PICC line training. One of them is Unity Hospital in Rochester. A PICC line is a longer IV catheter that sits in the ...

Almost one quarter of patients who receive a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) while in hospital have advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), a large sample of hospitalized patients in ...

A world-first study led by the University of South Australia has found that cancer patients receiving chemotherapy intravenously have more than double the risk of developing a blood clot or thrombosis ...