PICC positive in surgery

Reducing PICC migrations and improving patient outcomes.

Inadvertent migration of central venous catheters can lead to several issues including delayed therapy and clinical morbidities such as thrombosis. Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are particularly at risk of movement. An innovative new device which allows anchorage of the catheter has proved very successful in the minimisation of catheter migration. The SecurAcath device incorpo...

Surgery on Ricci Positive Manifolds

We consider performing surgery on Riemannian manifolds with positive Ricci curvature. We nd conditions under which the resulting manifold also admits a positive Ricci curvature metric. These conditions involve dimension and the form taken by the metric in a neighbourhood of the surgery.

Positive Scalar Curvature and Surgery

Complications of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (picc) in Neonates

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) is an intravenous device whose distal end is located in the vena cava, becoming a central venous catheter; despite its benefits, can aggregate risk to the neonates. Aimed to characterize and analyze the PICC complications in neonates. An exploratory, descriptive, documentary and retrospective research with a quantitative approach; ethical principles...

Determination of complication rate of PICC lines in oncological patients.

OBJECTIVE To determine the complication rate of (PICCs) peripherally inserted central catheters in cancer patients with a 1 year prospective cohort study. METHODS All PICCs inserted in adult cancer patients in Radiology Department of The Aga Khan University Hospital were followed prospectively till removed or patient expired and pattern of complications noted. RESULTS One hundred and fourty...