OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to measure the costs and difficulty in placing peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters in hospitalized children; measures of resource utilization. We measured the costs and difficulty in placing peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters in hospitalized children. This common procedure has implications for the utilization of hospital resources. METHODS This was a ...

Intravenous (iv) catheters are used frequently in hospitalized patients today. The most common complication of iv therapy is infection. Several studies (1-3) have reported the incidence of bacterial colonization of iv devices to range from 30 to 78%. In these reports, the local application of neomycin-polymyxin-bacitracin ointment to the insertion site did not produce uniform results in prevent...

Abstract DESY is planning to upgrade its current storage ring PETRA III into the ultra-low emittance photon source IV. The H6BA cell design for IV lattice will allow insertion devices of up 4 m length in standard straight sections. In order some beamlines not only benefit from performance improvements by machine but also undulators, we started looking using advanced undulator schemes as well. W...

Toc75 (translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts, 75 kD) is the protein translocation channel at the outer envelope membrane of plastids and was first identified in pea (Pisum sativum) using biochemical approaches. The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome contains three Toc75-related sequences, termed atTOC75-I, atTOC75-III, and atTOC75-IV, which we studied using a range of...

[Ru(IV)(por)Cl(2)] (por = porphyrin dianion) can efficiently catalyze nitrene insertion into aldehyde C-H bonds with phosphoryl azides as a nitrene source to give N-acylphosphoramidates in good to high yields.

This study compared 4 local anesthetics, 1% lidocaine, 1% lidocaine with sodium bicarbonate, 2% chloroprocaine, and 0.5% bupivacaine, in a double-blinded manner for pain on intradermal injection and pain during subsequent intravenous (IV) cannulation with an 18-gauge catheter. The subjects rated their pain, using 100-mm visual analog scales, related to the local injection itself and again after...

background and purpose: training in basic clinical and procedural skills is considered an important part of the core medical undergraduate curriculum. there are some reasons to assume that junior doctors are not adequately trained in these skills. due to the lack of enough information on skills competence of our students, this study was designed in 3 medical schools in southern iran to evaluate...

INTRODUCTION AND GOALS Tubotympanal mucociliary function is damaged in patients with otitis media with effusion. Our objective was to study its situation and recovery after timopanostomy tube insertion. METHODS We evaluated the mucociliary activity of the ear and Eustachian tube with scintigraphy in four groups of adults with chronic otitis media with effusion after ventilation tube insertion...

BACKGROUND/AIM Osseointegration is a result of cellular migration, differentiation, bone formation, and bone remodeling on the surface of an implant. Each of these processes depends on platelets and blood coagulum. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used to improve osseointegration and stability of implants. The aim of the research was to test the influence that PRP and guided tissue regeneration in...

2000 Enhanced education of medical staff regarding central lines; addition of 2% chlorhexidine plus 70% isopropyl alcohol for skin preparation to central line kits 2001 Mandatory training for nurses on IV line site care and maintenance 2003 Central line changes over a guidewire every 3 days with use of a new site every 6 days becomes standard practice; use of full body drape for line insertion ...