BACKGROUND A central venous catheter enables the measurement of hemodynamic variations, such as accurate central venous pressure; catheter malposition may induce potentially fatal complications. This case report describes a rare central venous catheter tip malposition in the right internal mammary artery. CASE PRESENTATION A 56-year-old Japanese woman who presented with severe pneumonia secon...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We examine the central venous catheter placement rate during the implementation of an ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access program. METHODS We conducted a time-series analysis of the monthly central venous catheter rate among adult emergency department (ED) patients in an academic urban ED between 2006 and 2011. During this period, emergency medicine residents and E...

BACKGROUND Scheduled replacement of central venous catheters and, by extension, arterial catheters, is not recommended because the daily risk of catheter-related infection is considered constant over time after the first catheter days. Arterial catheters are considered at lower risk for catheter-related infection than central venous catheters in the absence of conclusive evidence. OBJECTIVES ...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of venous thrombosis in cancer patients with central venous catheters inserted perioperatively. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN A prospective analysis was performed with 68 patients in whom central venous catheters were placed perioperatively. Cancer patients with planned central venous catheters had prophylaxis with low-molecul...