Venous access devices: Clinical rounds

Applying Totally Implantable Venous Access Devices (TIVAD) in Children: the First Iranian Experience

applying totally implantable venous access devices (tivad) in children: the first iranian experience

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Complications of Central Venous Access Devices: A Systematic Review.

CONTEXT The failure and complications of central venous access devices (CVADs) result in interrupted medical treatment, morbidity, and mortality for the patient. The resulting insertion of a new CVAD further contributes to risk and consumes extra resources. OBJECTIVE To systematically review existing evidence of the incidence of CVAD failure and complications across CVAD types within pediatri...

Assessing venous access devices: when to obtain a venogram.

A nswer: Occluded VADs are not a minor problem, with an estimated 3%–70% failing to yield a blood sample (Mayo, 2001; Rihn, 2001; Whitman, 1996). Partial occlusion exists when a catheter flushes easily but will not aspirate blood. Total occlusion is characterized by the inability to withdraw blood or infuse fluid. Occlusions can occur from a fibrin tail, fibrin sheath, intraluminal thrombus, mu...

Plastic migration from implanted central venous access devices.

BACKGROUND This is the first reported study of histologically confirmed migration from intravenous access devices in children. METHODS The capsules from around intravenous access devices were examined by light microscopy to determine the extent of the foreign body response; energy dispersive x ray analysis was performed to document the elemental content of the foreign material. RESULTS A fi...