Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This 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
Azra Yaprak Tarman +12 more
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Método bundle en la redución de infecciones relacionadas a catéteres centrales: una revisión integrativa [PDF]
, 2012 This is an integrative review of literature aimed to identify evidence-based interventions which make up care bundles to reduce central venous catheter-related or associated bloodstream infections. To collect data in Brazilian and international databases
Brachine, Juliana Dane Pereira +2 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Iatrogenic superior vena cava pericardial fistula caused by central venous catheterization is rare but can lead to life-threatening condition. Despite the potential risk of pericardial effusion causing pericardial tamponade, a conservative watch and wait
Thangavijayan Bosemani, MD +1 more
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EE394 Outcomes and Costs Associated with Central Venous Catheter-Related S. Aureus Bloodstream Infections in Adult Hemodialysis Patients with S. Aureus Nares Colonization [PDF]
, 2022 TP Lodise +4 more
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The use of pulmonary artery catheter in sepsis patients: A literature review [PDF]
, 2016 This article was to review the literature regarding the use of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in the management of patients with sepsis and septic shock.
Karamouzos, Vasilios +4 more
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Microbubble Shell Stiffness Engineering Enhances Ultrasound Imaging, Drug Delivery, and Sonoporation
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Shell‐engineered poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) microbubbles with tunable stiffness improve ultrasound imaging and therapy. Adjusting the length of the alkyl chain and the glass transition temperature maintains a narrow microbubble size distribution while enhancing drug loading, sonoporation and the acoustic response.
Roman A. Barmin +30 more
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SAGE Open MedicineObjective: We explored the differences in deep venous catheterization-associated complications between patients with hematological malignancies after peripherally inserted central catheter placement and such patients after implantable venous access port ...
Aiwen Lu +4 more
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Recurrent Chylothorax Caused by a Retained Guidewire in a Central Vein: A Case Report
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2017 The loss of a guidewire occurs very rarely during central venous catheterization (CVC). Guidewire loss can lead to serious mechanical, thrombotic, and infectious complications. A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our institution with dyspnea.
Young-Do Jeon +4 more
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Angiopoietin-2 predicts morbidity in adults with Fontan physiology. [PDF]
, 2019 Morbidity in patients with single-ventricle Fontan circulation is common and includes arrhythmias, edema, and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) among others. We sought to identify biomarkers that may predict such complications.
Aboulhosn, Jamil A +8 more
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