Central venous Catheters Indications and Complications: Review Article

Complications associated with central venous catheters. A survey.

The Federal Food and Drug Administration has a system for reporting problems with medical devices that requires manufacturers of medical devices to report medical complications or equipment malfunction that causes, or could cause, death or serious injury. In a two-year period, central venous catheters were associated with 170 complications: tissue perforation, loss of catheter integrity, (inclu...

Potentially fatal complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs)

Complications associated with central venous catheters in a haematology unit.

The use of central venous catheters in patients suffering from haematological disorders has brought enormous benefits, but has been associated with an increase in septicaemia. We have reviewed septic and other complications in 43 patients who received one of three different forms of central venous catheters (type A-Hickman, type B-Portacath, type C-Pasport) during 1991. All complications were r...

Central venous catheters.

Central venous catheterisation was first performed in 1929when Werner Frossman, a German doctor, inserted a ureteric catheter into his antecubital vein. He then walked to the radiography department so that the catheter could be guided into his right ventricle using fluoroscopy. Since then, central venous access has become amainstay of modern clinical practice. An estimated 200 000 central venou...

OBESITY SURGERY: INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, WEIGHTLOSS AND POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS - Review article

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