Cardiac tamponade is a rare but life-threatening complication of umbilical venous catheterization in the newborn. Most complications from central venous catheters are related to incorrect position of the catheter and it is emphasized to confirm the position of the catheter tip after placement in order to avoid possible complications. We present an unusual complication of cardiac tamponade becau...

Central venous catheters, often needed by cancer patients, can be the source of Nocardia bacteremia. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 17 cancer patients with Nocardia bacteremia. For 10 patients, the bacteremia was associated with the catheter; for the other 7, it was a disseminated infection. N. nova complex was the leading cause of bacteremia. Nocardia promoted heavy ...

This is an integrative review of literature aimed to identify evidence-based interventions which make up care bundles to reduce central venous catheter-related or associated bloodstream infections. To collect data in Brazilian and international databases were used the key word bundle and the descriptors catheter-related infection, infection control and central venous catheterization, resulting ...

The use of indwelling central venous catheters is essential for pediatric patients who require hemodialysis, parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy, or other medications. Fever is a common chief complaint in the emergency department, and fever in a patient with a central venous catheter may be related to a common cause of fever, or it may be due to a catheter-associated bloodstream infection. Cathe...

PURPOSE To determine the clinical consequences of air embolism occurring during insertion of central venous catheters. MATERIALS AND METHODS A computer search of our interventional radiology database revealed that 11,583 central venous catheters were inserted between January 1, 1995 and August 1, 2000: 7,178 were nontunneled and 4,404 were tunneled. Air embolism was reported to have occurred ...

Infection control related to central venous catheter impregnated with antiseptics: an integrative review Ferreira MVF, Andrade D, Ferreira AM Rev Esc Enferm USP 2011; 45(4):993-7 www.ee.usp.br/reeusp/ Infection control related to central venous catheter impregnated with antiseptics: an integrative review* C r it iC a l r e v ie w CONTROLE DE INFECÇÃO RELACIONADA A CATETER VENOSO CENTRAL IMPREGN...

Venous air embolism is a well-recognized complication of central venous catheterization. Although previous reports have documented venous air embolism occurring in a number of ways, including during initial catheterization, when catheters crack or are disconnected, and after catheter removal, no reports mention the possibility of air embolism occurring when a guide wire without a catheter was i...

Editor's Note A Simple Approach to Reducing Inappropriate Use of Central Venous Catheters Central venous catheters are commonly used in hospitalized patients.Many are not indicated, evidence of benefit is scant, andall putpatients at risk for thrombosis and infection. In this issue, McDonald and Lee1 describe a simple intervention— making inpatient teams aware that a patient has a central venou...