Conditional tests: Lytes, BUN, Creat if on digoxin, diuretics (these are rarely required in this condition) Sickle screen if African/Caribbean descent Clotting (APTT/INR/antiXa/standard heparin) if indicated (known clotting anomaly, anticoagulation therapy, etc) Recent Echo not necessary if clinical status unchanged. However, a full study must have been done to document the lesion in detail and...

Background Central venous catheter (CVC) is used for measuring hemodynamic variables, transfusion of blood, fluids and medications when peripheral vascular lack sufficiency. Unfortunately CVC is associated with many complications ranging from anxiety and discomfort for the patient to severe mechanical side effects such as arterial lacerations, pleural and pericardial injury as well as infection...

OBJECTIVE To observe and analyze the application effect of ultrasound-guided modified Seldinger technique (MST) in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) catheterization. METHODS Two hundred patients treated with PICC catheterization from January 2013 to December 2015 were selected and randomly divided into two groups, namely, observation group and control group. The observation group ...

Umbilical cord nonseverance (UCNS) is the practice of leaving umbilical attached to placenta after delivery. Limited case reports exist revealing adverse outcomes UCNS. We report a neonatal omphalitis associated with Escherichia coli bacteremia and urinary tract infection