Central Venous Catheter Complications during Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study of 481 Patients with More than 30,000 Catheter Days [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has been shown to delay deterioration in cancer patients with malnutrition. Its risk-benefit ratio, however, is determined by the threat of central venous catheter (CVC) complications.
Arnold, Dirk +4 more
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Skin Necrosis Distal to a Rapid Infusion Catheter: Understanding Possible Complications of Large-bore Vascular Access Devices. [PDF]
, 2019 Rapid infusion catheters (RICs) allow expedient conversion of peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters to peripheral sheaths; however, little is known about potential complications.
Chou, Wesley H +3 more
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Evaluation of Student Perceived Self-Efficacy With the Implementation of a Problem-Based Learning Module [PDF]
, 2007 To facilitate the graduation of competent registered nurses, healthcare educators must create learning environments that foster content expertise, problem solving, collaboration, and refined learning skills.
Romero, Joel David
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Central Venous Catheter-Related Tachycardia in the Newborn: Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Medicine, 2016 Central venous access is an important aspect of neonatal intensive care management. Malpositioned central catheters have been reported to induce cardiac tachyarrhythmia in adult populations and there are case reports within the neonatal population.
Aya Amer +3 more
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Keskuslaskimokatetrien soveltuvuus varjoaineen käyttöön tietokonetomografiatutkimuksissa [PDF]
, 2015 Tietokonetomografiatutkimuksissa varjoaine annetaan potilaalle ensisijaisesti perifeerisen kanyylin kautta. Perifeerisen kanyylin asettaminen potilaalle saattaa joskus olla vaikeaa, jolloin voidaan harkita varjoaineen antoa keskuslaskimokatetrin kautta ...
Nikander, Krista, Toivakka, Anna-Sofia
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Renal Replacement TherapyBackground Central venous catheters are primarily used for emergency hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal failure. Catheter-related internal jugular vein thrombosis occurs frequently; however, the risk of its occurrence and options for treatment
Nao Iida +5 more
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Avaliação de dispositivos médicos nas radiografias de tórax em unidades de terapia intensiva - tempo de prestar atenção! [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To identify and evaluate the correct positioning of the most commonly used medical devices as visualized in thoracic radiograms of patients in the intensive care unit of our center.METHODS: A literature search was conducted for the criteria ...
Afonso, Maria da Graça Alves +3 more
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The technique of prolonged thoracic duct drainage in transplantation [PDF]
, 1980 Prolonged thoracic duct drainage as an immunosuppressive adjunct was accomplished in 96 per cent of organ recipients upon whom it was ...
Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Weill, R
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International Journal of Nursing Studies AdvancesBackground: Hospitalized neonates require reliable vascular access for life-saving care. The costs associated with their clinical management, and which aspects of care these costs are attributable to, is not well-known.
Arun M Jones +11 more
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The value of multimodality imaging for detection, characterisation and management of a wall adhering structure in the right atrium [PDF]
, 2014 The case presents a wall adherent structure in the right atrium in a young patient with peripheral tcell lymphoma followed by successful prolonged lysis therapy resulting in the resolution of the thrombus is presented.
Akin, Ibrahim +9 more
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