Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following long-term peripherally inserted central venous catheter use

Incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in neonates following removal of peripherally inserted central venous catheters.

OBJECTIVES Catheter-associated bloodstream infections are a significant source of morbidity and healthcare cost in the neonatal ICU. Previous studies examining the prevalence of bloodstream infections after removal of peripherally inserted central venous catheters in neonates are equivocal. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS All infants with peripherally inserted central venous c...

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Complications in Rural vs. Uban Children Receiving Long-Term Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension complicating long-term cyproterone acetate therapy.

In conclusion, the findings of our survey depict the characteristics of the Noninvasive Ventilatory Support Group members as a heterogeneous pool of subjects, showing a different degree of expertise with a predominance of pulmonologists who manage patients in low-intensity settings with both acute and chronic respiratory failure. Current and future activities of the Group and its Assembly are d...

Long-term treatment with sildenafil in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

For chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension not amenable to pulmonary endarterectomy, effective medical therapy is desired. In an open-label uncontrolled clinical trial, 104 patients (mean +/- sem age 62 +/- 11 yrs) with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension were treated with 50 mg sildenafil t.i.d. At baseline, patients had severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary vasc...

Pericardial Effusion in an Extreme Low Birth Weight Neonate with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter

Background: Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are the rare complications of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC insertion) in extreme low birth weight infants. In this regard, paying attention to these complications is of utmost importance, because they can result in infant death. Case report: The case of our infant is a sa...