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, 2022 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now being considered worldwide for patients with recurrent pleural effusions. It is commonly used for patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPE) and can be performed as outpatient based day care procedure. In malignant pleural effusions, indwelling catheters are particularly useful in patients with trapped ...
Antonious Maria Selvam +3 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters [PDF]
Respiration, 2014 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now established as one of the major tools for the management of recurrent pleural effusions. Their traditional role, which saw them only as second line treatment for malignant effusions, has now expanded. Recent evidence has not only suggested that they may be effectively employed as first-line therapy in some ...
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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Complications of indwelling chemotherapy catheters [PDF]
Cancer, 1975 AbstractFifty consecutive chemotherapeutic infusions for cancer via percutaneously introduced arterial catheters were reviewed to determine the frequency of angiographic and clinical complications related to the indwelling catheter. Fibrin cloaking along the catheter was found in 20 patients studied by pull‐out arteriography and was unassociated with ...
Charles T. Dotter +3 more
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Urinary pH and the Indwelling Catheter [PDF]
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 1980 The pH of the urine within a blocked indwelling catheter was significantly higher than the pH of the first urine portion from the new catheter. This observation suggests that the urinary pH was changed in an alkaline direction within the indwelling catheter, probably due to the production of ammonia induced by urease from Proteus strains.
Ulf Parkhede +3 more
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Transposition of the great indwelling pleural catheter [PDF]
Thorax, 2021 A 70-year-old male with sarcomatoid renal carcinoma presented to his general practitioner with worsening breathlessness. He was referred to the radiology department for a radiograph of the chest, which showed recurrence of a known right malignant pleural effusion (MPE) (figure 1A).
Eihab O Bedawi +4 more
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Fractured Indwelling Pleural Catheters
Chest, 2012 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are increasingly used in the management of malignant pleural effusions. IPCs are designed to be secured in situ indefinitely; however, in selected patients, IPCs can be removed when drainage ceases. This case series reports complications of removal of IPCs that resulted in fractured catheters or necessitated ...
Y. C. Gary Lee +5 more
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Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters [PDF]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019 Yaron Gesthalter +2 more
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Living with an indwelling urinary catheter.
Nursing times, 2014 Despite 450,000 people in the U.K. using long-term catheters, there is very little information available about the experience. This study aimed to gain an understanding of patients' perspectives of living with an indwelling urinary catheter.
Prinjha, S, Chapple, A
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The microbiology of indwelling pleural catheter infections
Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 Dheeraj Sethi +2 more
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