Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy. [PDF]
Adv Healthc MaterThis study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
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Pathogens, 2021 Urinary infections related to the presence of bacterial biofilm on catheters are responsible for loss of patients’ health and, due to their high frequency of occurrence, generate a significant economic burden for hospitals.
Monika Oleksy-Wawrzyniak +7 more
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Continuous quadratus lumborum block as part of multimodal analgesia after total hip arthroplasty: a case report [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2020 Background Commonly used epidural or systemic analgesics for pain control after hip surgery carry risk for potential adverse effects. In contrast, the quadratus lumborum block (QLB) utilizes a simple and easy fascial plane technique and provides a wide ...
Hahyeon Bak +4 more
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Two Microcatheter Technique for Embolization of Arteriovenous Fistula with Liquid Embolic Agent [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2014 Problem with embolization of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with liquid embolic agent is its over-penetration into the veins or regurgitation to the proximal feeder without reaching the shunt point.
Lin-Bo Zhao +3 more
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Sodium Citrate Versus Heparin Locking Solutions for Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters
Revista Portuguesa de Nefrologia e Hipertensão, 2023 Introduction: Hemodialysis catheter dysfunction compromises dialysis adequacy and may limit catheter survival. Strategies to prevent hemodialysis catheter dysfunction include catheter locks, generally either with heparin or citrate.
Patrícia Alves +2 more
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Willingness to participate in a randomized trial comparing catheters to fistulas for vascular access in incident hemodialysis patients: an international survey of nephrologists [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Current guidelines favor fistulas over catheters as vascular access. Yet, the observational literature comparing fistulas to catheters has important limitations and biases that may be difficult to overcome in the absence of randomization ...
Dulai, Mandeep +10 more
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Bacterial biofilm formation on indwelling urethral catheters
Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2019 Urethral catheters are the most commonly deployed medical devices and used to manage a wide range of conditions in both hospital and community care settings.
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Ultrasound visibility of regional anesthesia catheters: an in vitro study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012 BackgroundUltrasound subjective visibility of in-plane needles is correlated with the intensity difference between the needle surface and the background. Regional anesthesia catheters are difficult to visualize by an ultrasound.
Junji Takatani +4 more
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Risk factors for central venous catheter-related infections in surgical and intensive care units. The Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections Study Group. [PDF]
, 1994 To identify avoidable risk factors for central venous catheter (CVC) infections in patients undergoing short-term ...
Cozzi Lepri, A, Moro, ML, Viganò, EF
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