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Hematologic Patients' Clinical and Psychosocial Experiences with Implanted Long-term Central Venous Catheter: Self-management versus Professionally Controlled Care

Background: A significant decrease in catheter-related infections was demonstrated in our earlier randomized controlled trial of central venous catheter (CVC) care in hematologic patients. Objective: ...
Nature

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement increases success rates in pediatric patients: a meta-analysis

Real-time ultrasound (US) guidance for central venous catheter (CVC) insertion has been shown to increase cannulation success rates and reduce complications in adults. Literature regarding US-guided ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Pulmonary-Artery versus Central Venous Catheter to Guide Treatment of Acute Lung Injury

We evaluated the relationship of benefits and risks of PACs in 1000 patients with established acute lung injury in a randomized trial comparing hemodynamic management guided by a PAC with hemodynamic ...
Medscape

Changes of Central Venous Catheters in the ICU

Intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In the intensive care unit (ICU), the rate of central venous catheter ...