BACKGROUND Long-term central venous catheters are essential for the management of chronic medical conditions, including childhood cancer. Catheter occlusion is associated with an increased risk of subsequent complications, including bloodstream infection, venous thrombosis, and catheter fracture. Therefore, predicting and pre-emptively treating occlusions should prevent complications, but no me...

Intravascular devices (IVDs) are widely used for vascular access but are associated with a substantial risk of IVD-related bloodstream infection (BSI). The development of novel technologies based on our understanding of pathogenesis promises a quantum reduction in IVD-related infections in an era of growing nursing shortage. Infections of long-term IVDs (most are in place for > or =10 days), in...

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are regularly used in intensive care units, and catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections, particularly in preterm infants. Increased survival rate of extremely-low-birth-weight infants can be partly attributed to routine practice of CVC placement. The most common types of CVCs used in neonatal inte...

OBJECTIVE Since the introduction of multilumen central venous catheters two decades ago, there has been controversy whether the additional lumens place patients with these catheters at higher risk for infection. Our objective was to determine the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) and catheter colonization in multilumen catheters compared with single-lumen catheters. DATA ...

Objective. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity in critically ill neonates and children. The objective of this study was to compare CLABSI rate associated with different types of central vascular catheters (CVCs) in a multidisciplinary neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). Methods. A prospective cohort study was conducted in a...

Aim: Tunneled dialysis catheters are generally not used as a primary access but bridging therapy until permanent is available. However, it has been stated that long-term use may be appropriate if needed. In our study, we aimed to reveal the patency rates of tunneled and frequency catheter-related diseases in large patient group.
 Material Method: Patients who referred center for catheter i...

BACKGROUND Dislocation of epidural catheters (EC) is associated with early termination of regional analgesia and rare complications like epidural bleeding. We tested the hypothesis that maximum effort in fixation by tunneling and suture decreases the incidence of catheter dislocation. METHODS Patients scheduled for major surgery (n = 121) were prospectively randomized in 2 groups. Thoracic EC...

conclusions the management was successful and this is an avoidable complication and several precautions are explained to avoid this. case presentation an 11-year-old male presents with inadvertent retention of guidewire during cvc. introduction retention of a guidewire is one of the rare but potentially serious complications of central venous catheterization (cvc).