Background: Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) provide enormous benefit to patients. However, recent publications have highlighted relatively high PICC-associated complication rates. We ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday ...

PICC is widely used in clinical practice due to its advantages of easy insertion, safety and cost-effectiveness, providing a reliable intravenous infusion pathway for patients undergoing chemotherapy, ...

John M. Costello, MD, MPH; Timothy C. Clapper, PhD; David Wypij, PhD Disclosures Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013;14 (3):273-283.

Managing catheter-related infections among critically ill hospitalized patients are a daily concern for most clinicians. Learn about new practical approaches for these infections.

Article citations More>> Fan, Z.Y., Yang, Y. and Chen, M.X. (2019) The Management of Difficult PICC Catheter Removal due to Fibrin Sheath. Nursing Research, 33, 4171-4172. has been cited by the ...

Photo Credit: Asikkk Ultrasound-guided catheter insertion and nonsilicone catheters are associated with a lower risk for complications with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), according ...

This paper presents an iterative Jacobian-based inverse kinematics method for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided magnetically actuated steerable intravascular catheter system. The catheter is ...

Indwelling catheter insertion tray (e.g., all-in-one catheterization kit with a “closed or pre-connected, sealed catheter-tubing junction system” if available) includes sterile gloves, single use ...

Of the unstable catheter appearances, catheter “bouncing” or “slipping” near the initial placement site was the most common movement seen (25 of 74 applications, 34%), followed by dislodgment of the ...

Background The Q Aspiration Catheter (MIVI Neuro) has demonstrated greater aspiration flow rates and ingestion forces compared with conventional catheters in vitro. The safety and performance of the Q ...