Background and Purpose: Catheter-related blood circulation infection is the most dangerous and serious side-effects of vascular catheters, which leads to the enhancement of the costs, mortality, and hospital stay duration, especially in the Intensive Care Unit. Regarding this, the aim of the current study was to identify the prevalence of catheter-induced candidemia in the Tehran Heart Center, ...

introduction: today, temporary or permanent venous catheters are being increasingly used in patients with renal failure. it seems a necessity to be familiar with their clinical applications and complications as well as their efficacy. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two catheters of 16 cm and 20 cm lengths. methods: this research project was a descriptive, analytic study co...

a 30-year-old female with end-stage renal disease was a candidate for dual lumen catheter placement. after catheter insertion, o2 saturation measurement of the aspirated blood from the catheter was similar to that of arterial blood. they referred the patient to our hospital after 48 hours. diagnostic procedures revealed that the tip of the catheter had entered the pleural cavity. catheter remov...

a rightcephalic vein cannulation was performed in a patienj scheduled/or elective craniectomy in order to keep a constant record ofthe intra-operative fluid volume. the flow ofthefluid through catheter was sluggish. the catheter was cautiously and gingerly withdrawn after an x...,.ay report con/innedknotting at the distal end. we believe that a chest radiograph is mandatory to rule out catheter...

background paracentesis is a common bedside therapeutic and diagnostic procedure that requires insertion of a catheter into the peritoneal cavity; however, lack of a specialized fixator for securing the catheter causes frequent catheter kinking and patient discomfort. objectives this study aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a designed paracentesis fixator in reducing patient discomfort and pr...

conclusions: catheter ablation of flutter circuit will not prevent later manifestation of af in 16% of the patients undergoing catheter ablation of the typical afl. bmi was the only independent predictor of af following catheter ablation of the typical afl. objectives; to determine long-term incidence and predictors of af after catheter ablation of typical afl. material and methods: between mar...

Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) at term is defined as rupture membrane least 1 hour before the onset uterine contractions a gestational age 37 weeks or more, it complicates 8% all pregnancies [1]. It associated with risk chorioamnionitis, which increases duration PROM, latency beyond 24 hours incidence chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis [2,3]. Spontaneous labour occurs in 60%–67% these ...

Introduction: Peripheral Intravenous catheterization is the most commonly used invasive treatment method in patients admitted to the hospitals, but it has some complications. The indwell time of catheter is one of the factors associated with the occurrence of complications, especially phlebitis. In spite of the instructions for replacing the catheters after 72 hours, sometimes the complications...