background recent evidences have revealed that in more than 65% of microbial infections, biofilms have critical roles. the ability of yeasts to form biofilms on surface of medical devices such as urine catheters is an important reason of the capability of these microorganisms to cause human disease. objectives the aim of this study was to isolate and identify yeasts on the surfaces of urine cat...

results at the end of the study, four 4 cases in the nelatone group and 12 cases in the foley group presented with uti (p = 0.01). no positive urine cultures were found in the control group. conclusions the nelatone catheters, compared with the foley ones, had a lower risk of uti in the long term use. verifying this claim by further studies can have an important role in reducing utis in patient...

central venous catheter (cvc) insertion is a practical way to assess patients hemodynamic specially in cardiovascular surgery but this relatively simple junior level procedure is not risk free and its common reported complications include; pneumothorax, hydrothorax, hemothorax, local hematoma, cardiac tamponade, vascular injury, thrombosis, embolism, and catheter disruption. here in this articl...

Objective: Intravascular catheter-associated infection has been increasing hospitalization in post-surgery patients mainly due to microbial colonization of the catheter surface and formation of a superficial biofilm layer. The present study is aimed in developing an effective antibacterial device which can prevent colonization of organisms by modification of catheter. Methods: In the present st...

Objective: Intravascular catheter-associated infection has been increasing hospitalization in post-surgery patients mainly due to microbial colonization of the catheter surface and formation of a superficial biofilm layer. The present study is aimed in developing an effective antibacterial device which can prevent colonization of organisms by modification of catheter. Methods: In the present st...

objectives: the aim of this retrospective observational study was to identify local and clinical factors related to the need of surgical repair. patients and methods: in this retrospective study, 122 (0.06%) fpas treated among 21060 patients over a period of five years were assessed. patient characteristics and therapeutic procedures were analyzed through hospital records. results: there were 1...

background: this research compares the outcomes of percutaneous technique and open surgical peritoneal dialysis catheter placement in children. methods: in this randomized controlled trial, between 2010 and 2011,a total of 35 pediatric uremic patients were enrolled and randomized into two study groups. follow up data included duration of operation (minute), duration of hospitalization (days) an...

background the complications of vascular access are the most imperative etiology for hospitalization, morbidity and mortality in chronic hemodialysis. the most prevalent complication of central catheter is dysfunction due to thrombosis. aspirin is an anti-aggregative platelet drug that may increase the patency of permanent catheters (perm-cath). objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate ...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy of silver iontophoretic central venous catheters in preventing catheter related colonisation and bloodstream infection among high risk patients in a tertiary hospital. METHODS Patients requiring central venous access for a period greater than seven days were stratified into two groups according to systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria before being rando...