Peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collection from donors through apheresis has become the main source of stem cells for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This procedure requires a high blood flow venous access. A peripheral venous catheter (PVC), compared to a central venous catheter (CVC), is considered to provide safer venous access. However, initially at our institution, King Abdul-Az...

Nocardia infection occurs primarily among patients with deficient cell-mediated immunity. The portal of entry in the majority of patients with Nocardia infection is pulmonary origin. Central venous catheter-associated bacteremia caused by Nocardia species is very rare, and the optimal management for these situations was indeterminate. Most patients were cured after discontinuation of central ve...

Central venous catheters are a commonly used medical device which may sometimes cause complications. We present first case who had an asystolic cardiac arrest during insertion of a central venous catheter, needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and was resuscitated successfully. A46-year lady presented to the emergency department due to mushroom poisoning. Acentral venous catheter was inse...

More than 375,000 patients undergo long-term hemodialysis treatment in the United States, but the outcomes have remained abysmal, with the rate of death during the first year of hemodialysis therapy exceeding 20%. Although the development half a century ago of techniques for sustainable vascular access rendered long-term extracorporeal treatment feasible, vascular access remains the Achilles’ h...

background: by increasing the survival of immature newborns, intravenous access methods, used to provide intravenous therapy, became more important. more attention has been recently paid on peripherally inserted central venous catheters in newborns, although it is yet unknown in iran. in this study, we tried to discover the barriers to spread the usage of peripherally inserted central venous ca...

Introduction Iliofemoral venous occlusions may sometimes be encountered in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), because of repeated catheterizations, a cut-down of the femoral vein, insertion of central venous catheters, or surgical venous anastomoses. Consequently procedures for catheter intervention, including catheter ablation, may sometimes become difficult or impossible because of...

Device-associated infections comprise a significant proportion of all nosocomial infections. In this prospective, observational pilot study the incidence of infections in 89 peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) was documented on a general surgical ward employing an infection data sheet developed by the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Greifswald in adherence to CDC standards for i...

Peripheral venous catheterization is a frequently required basic procedure in hospital care. However, scientific consideration of the keys for successful catheterization has been inadequate. According to previous reports, the general success rate of peripheral venous catheterization is 74% to 88% [1]. Two nonrandomized controlled trials have implied that the larger the veins are, the easier the...

OBJECTIVES Catheter-associated bloodstream infections are a significant source of morbidity and healthcare cost in the neonatal ICU. Previous studies examining the prevalence of bloodstream infections after removal of peripherally inserted central venous catheters in neonates are equivocal. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS All infants with peripherally inserted central venous c...

abstract background peripheral blood vessels, due to availability are used for many years in cancer patients, however in patients with potentially harmful drugs to skin (vesicant drugs) or difficult accessibility to vessels, the use of implantable port (totally implantable venous access port-tivap)devices with central vascular access are important.  materials and methods in this retrospective s...