Design and validation of zero-slack separable manipulator for Intracardiac Echocardiography [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Clinicians require substantial training and experience to become comfortable with steering Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter to localize and measure the area of treatment to watch for complications while device catheters are deployed in another access.
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Use of in vitro and haptic assessments in the characterisation of surface lubricity [PDF]
, 2018 Lubricity is a key property of hydrophilic-coated urinary catheter surfaces. In vitro tests are commonly employed for evaluation of surface properties in the development of novel catheter coating technologies, however, their value in predicting the more ...
Corbett, Dan J. +3 more
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AI-aided Geometric Design of Anti-infection Catheters [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Bacteria can swim upstream due to hydrodynamic interactions with the fluid flow in a narrow tube, and pose a clinical threat of urinary tract infection to patients implanted with catheters. Coatings and structured surfaces have been proposed as a way to suppress bacterial contamination in catheters.
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Misplaced central venous catheters: applied anatomy and practical management.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2013 Large numbers of central venous catheters (CVCs) are placed each year and misplacement occurs frequently. This review outlines the normal and abnormal anatomy of the central veins in relation to the placement of CVCs.
F. Gibson, A. Bodenham
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Adjunctive strategies in the management of resistant, 'undilatable' coronary lesions after successfully crossing a CTO with a guidewire. [PDF]
, 2014 Successful revascularisation of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the greatest challenges in the era of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Fairley, SL +5 more
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Antimicrobial surface functionalization of plastic catheters by silver nanoparticles.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2008 OBJECTIVES To test the antimicrobial activity and evaluate the risk of systemic toxicity of novel catheters coated with silver nanoparticles. METHODS Catheters were coated with silver using AgNO3, a surfactant and N,N,N ',N '-tetramethylethylenediamine
David F Roe +4 more
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The comparison of streptokinase, an old agent, versus reteplase for the re-tunnellisation of blocked cuffed haemodialysis catheter [PDF]
Scripta MedicaBackground/Aim: Catheter occlusion is the most common complication occurring in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who undergo haemodialysis. The management typically involves the use of local fibrinolytic agents. However, with the emergence of
Saroukhani Abbas, Omid Soheil
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Effect of daptomycin and vancomycin on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms: An in vitro assessment using fluorescence in situ hybridization [PDF]
, 2019 Colonization of in-dwelling catheters by microbial biofilms is a major concern in patient health eventually leading to catheter-related blood stream infections.
Affeld, Klaus +11 more
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