INTRODUCTION The cannulation of suitable peripheral veins may be a very painful experience. Implantable venous access systems have to some degree relieved this problem and help to provide an improvement in terms of quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS We have evaluated 560 patients during a follow up period of two years. A low overall complication percentage of 7.32% was seen when using the ...

Persistent left superior vena cava is a congenital vascular anomaly, which is possibly arrhythmogenic and thrombogenic, rarely complicated with coronary sinus atresia. We treated a 42-year-old male with Hodgkin's lymphoma requiring central venous catheter placement for intensive chemotherapy. Persistent left superior vena cava was revealed after the insertion of the central venous catheter by t...

Central venous catheters provide long-term available vascular access. They are useful for central venous pressure monitoring, rapid fluid management, massive transfusion and direct cardiovascular medication, especially in operation. Central venous catheterization is usually performed by the landmark bedside technique without imaging guidance. The complications of central venous catheterization ...

INTRODUCTION Central venous catheters are fundamental to daily clinical practice. This procedure is mainly performed by residents, often without supervision or structured training. OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of central venous catheterization and the complication rate related to it. METHOD Retrospective cohort study. Adult patients undergoing central venous catheter insertion ...

abstract background totally implantable central venous access devices (ports) have been available for over 10 years, but have not been achieved widespread use in pediatric oncology patients. ports facilitate the administration of chemotherapy in children with cancer. materials and methods in this study, early complications of implantable central venous access devices in children with different ...

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of alteplase in catheter-directed treatment for peripheral arterial and venous thrombosis and considered the optimal dosing regimen. Forty-four patients (49 encounters) underwent transcatheter therapy using alteplase between January and November 1999. The most common indications for thrombolysis were peripheral arterial occlusion (PAO) and venous thr...

The recent studies by Paya et al. (2) concluded that quantitative blood cultures were not useful in diagnosing intravascular-device-related bacteremia associated with arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters. While obviously more work needs to be done on the value of aspiration through a catheter in the diagnosis of catheterassociated sepsis, a number of studies have found this ...