INTRODUCTION Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) have been used increasingly in burn patients who often have decreased intravascular volumes and obtaining intravascular access for resuscitative efforts can be difficult. A potentially serious complication is bloodstream infection. The purpose of our study is to examine the impact of antibiotic impregnated PICC lines on the bacteremia...

Palsies involving the anterior interosseous nerve comprise less than 1% of all upper extremity nerve palsies. Patients often present initially with acute pain in the proximal forearm, lasting several hours to days. The pain subsides, to be followed by paresis or total paralysis of the pronator quadratus, flexor pollicis longus and the radial half of the flexor profundus, either individually or ...

Amid the overdose crisis in United States, serious injection-related infections, including endocarditis and skin soft tissue are rising. Determining where a patient goes after hospitalization can be challenge due to need for prolonged parenteral antibiotics, prompting question: Can I safely discharge with substance use disorder home peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)? In this article...

Objective: This study investigated the effect of heparinized saline flushed catheter on preventing catheter-related thrombosis (CRT) among cancer patients received peripherally inserted central (PICC) for chemotherapy. Background: CRT is a common and serious complication when using PICC, which one most commonly used vascular access devices drug infusion, intravenous nutrition, Methods: prospect...

Several populations of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) exist in the bladder, associated with intramural nerves. Although ICC respond to exogenous agonists, there is currently no evidence of their functional innervation. The objective was to determine whether bladder ICC are functionally innervated. Guinea-pig bladder tissues, loaded with fluo-4AM were imaged with fluorescent microscopy and ch...

Correction After the publication of this abstract [1], we found some mistakes in the text. In details: Introduction section: the correct sentence is “The aim of our study was to assess the rate of complications (deep venous thrombosis, DVT; infections) in patients discharged from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a PICC or a ST-CVC.” Methods section: the study period is “Jan 2008 to Aug 2008”. Res...

This study aimed to evaluate venous hemodynamic and morphological changes and associated factors in patients with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), to provide evidence for rational clinical use of PICCs. Venography was performed at different time points in 87 patients with PICCs to observe hemodynamic, morphological, and structural changes. Related laboratory blood tests were als...

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) have become popular for long courses of intravenously administration of antibiotics. Although these devices are generally regarded as safe, thrombotic complications have been associated with their use. In a retrospective review, 51 (2.47%) of 2063 patients who had a PICC placed during 1994-1996 were found to have developed a total of 52 PICC-assoc...

A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line allows permanent vascular access and is widely used in pediatric oncology. In patients, who fully completed antitumor treatment, the PICC should be removed. some cases, however, procedure may complicated such a then called ‘hard-to-remove’ or ‘non-removable’. This article describes clinical case of successful non-surgical removal with develop...