BACKGROUND Septic thrombophlebitis is an iatrogenic life-threatening disease associated with use of central venous devices and intravenous (IV) therapy. In cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, vein resection or surgical thrombectomy in large central venous lines is time-consuming, can delay administration of chemotherapy, and therefore can compromise tumor control. Experience with thrombolys...

Keywords: chest radiograph; haemodialysis catheter; jugular vein and a triple lumen catheter in the right. Four days post-operatively, she developed a fever, pericardial tamponade; central venous cannulation; complications hypotension, a worsening systemic acidosis and olig-uria. Pulmonary artery catheter readings revealed a pulmonary artery wedge pressure of 23 mmHg, pulmonary artery pressure ...

A 77-year-old man was admitted with multiple co-morbidities including cerebral infarction, postoperative ossification of the cervical posterior longitudinal ligament, sick sinus syndrome with a cardiac pacemaker inserted from the right subclavian vein, and panperitonitis due to a complicated gastrostomy catheter exchange. The patient developed a critical and rare complication of central venous ...

Central venous access devices are extensively used for long-term chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition. However, there are some possible immediate, early, and late complications related to the implantation technique, care, and maintenance. We present the uncommon occurrence of a thrombosis of the internal jugular vein due to a spontaneous migration of a Port-A-Cath catheter into the ipsilateral...

A 2-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was presented with peripherally inserted central catheter dysfunction. Radiological examinations revealed a catheter remnant in the right atrium extending into pulmonary vein. The catheter remnant was successfully removed from the right atrium by percutaneous endovascular intervention without any complications.

Adequate catheter tip location is crucial for functional intravenous port and central venous catheter. Numerous complications were reported because of catheter migration that caused by inadequate tip location. Different guidelines recommend different ideal locations without consensus. Another debate is actual movement of intravascular portion of implanted catheter. From literature review, the c...

a 30-year-old female with end-stage renal disease was a candidate for dual lumen catheter placement. after catheter insertion, o2 saturation measurement of the aspirated blood from the catheter was similar to that of arterial blood. they referred the patient to our hospital after 48 hours. diagnostic procedures revealed that the tip of the catheter had entered the pleural cavity. catheter remov...

introduction central vein catheterization (cvc) is an important procedure for emergency departments (ed). despite the existence of ultrasonography (us) devices in every ed, cvc was accomplished by anatomical landmarks in many eds in iran. objective this study was designed for the evaluation of us-guided cvcs, anatomical landmark cvcs, and the promotion of us-guided cvc in iran. methods and mate...

Placement of long term central venous access devices (CVAD) such as chemo ports and Hickman's catheters are associated with a definite risk of catheter tip malpositioning. As such, malpositioning runs a risk of venous thrombosis and related complications; it is imperative to reposition the catheter. Percutaneous transfemoral venous approach has been described as a minimally invasive and safe me...

The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the significance and complications of percutaneous central venous catheterization in pediatric patients affected by hematologic malignancies. One hundred and fifty-eight central venous catheters were inserted in 125 pediatric patients (male/female 67/58; median age: 4 years; range 10 m - 6 y.) affected by hematological malignancies. Veno...