Objectives: To examine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with arterial catheterization complications in a large pediatric patient population in an effort to generate hypotheses for future ...

The use of antimicrobial-impregnated catheters should be considered in all circumstances, especially when the institutional rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections is higher than 2 percent, ...

Fifty-seven percent of patients who received a urinary catheter while hospitalized said the catheter resulted in at least one complication, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found. The ...

This section presents medications that are known to potentially lead to 'Catheter related complication' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with ...

Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure that cardiologists, or heart specialists, use to evaluate heart function and diagnose cardiovascular conditions. During cardiac catheterization, a long ...

Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...

The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...

Due to the constantly growing pool of available chemotherapy regimens, the use of central venous catheters (CVCs) has become an increasingly common method of therapy delivery that ensures safe and ...

Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used to help empty the bladder. A catheter can be passed through the urethra or through a surgical channel in the skin to the bladder, after which ...

In this study, we quantified the risk and described the risk factors for complications associated with arterial catheterization in critically ill children. We already know that central venous ...