BACKGROUND Recent guidelines do not recommend antithrombotic prophylaxis (AP) to prevent catheter-related thrombosis in cancer patients with a central line. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study assessed the management of central lines in cancer patients, current attitude towards AP, catheter-related and systemic venous thromboses, and survival. RESULTS Of 1410 patients enrolled, 1390 were seen a...

BACKGROUND There are various factors that can influence the survival of patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO). Vascular complications from femoral cannulation are common and are potentially serious. We analyzed the impact of vascular complications on survival of patients receiving VA ECMO. METHODS Patients supported with VA ECMO by means of femoral cann...

The predominant form of life for the majority of microorganisms in any hydrated biologic system is a cooperative community termed a "biofilm." A biofilm on an indwelling urinary catheter consists of adherent microorganisms, their extracellular products, and host components deposited on the catheter. The biofilm mode of life conveys a survival advantage to the microorganisms associated with it a...

Percutaneous catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT) in structural heart disease is an important adjunctive treatment option to reduce overall VT burden and recurrence, ICD shocks hospitalization by eliminating or excluding the arrhythmogenic substrate.1 Yet, despite encouraging results with a trend towards improved survival registry data following ablation2 as well improvements prep...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of the urodynamic catheter on the urinary flow rate and residual volume in various urodynamic diagnoses, and compare the outcome when using a smaller catheter, as the effect of this catheter on free uroflow variables is mostly studied in patients with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and little is known about its effect in other urodynamic diagnoses. PATIENTS AN...

The placement of percutaneous peritoneal dialysis catheters under direct peritoneoscopic visualization is a relatively new technique for establishing peritoneal dialysis access. In this study, in which a modification of the Seldinger technique was used to facilitate the placement of the peritoneoscope, the experience with 82 consecutive catheterization procedures in 78 patients is reported. In ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES As a well-established technique for postoperative pain relief, the benefits of epidural analgesia (EDA) have been under debate recently. This study aimed to determine whether EDA could improve perioperative outcomes and survival in patients undergoing esophagectomy. METHODS From January 2010 to December 2012, 587 consecutive cases undergoing McKeown-type esohpageacto...

bone scanning using the 99mtc-phosphate analogs is an established diagnostic modality and a commonly requested radioisotope examination for a variety of pathologies involving the skeleton, such as osteomyelitis, bony metastases, and occult fractures. the bone scan is one of the most commonly requested procedure in most nuclear medicine department. the images show areas of increased and decrease...

Dedicated catheters for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy were removed from the market. The purpose of this study was to assess results a novel approach overcome shortage dedicated in treatment colorectal cancer liver metastases. We retrospectively included patients who underwent percutaneous placement intra-arterial port catheter single tertiary center February 2021 June 2022. examined pa...