A total of 170 Broviac placements (112 intensivist patients and 58 surgical patients) were included in the analysis. These two groups of patients were similar (Table 1). The majority of the surgical ...

Frequency of neutropenia-related events during chemotherapy and the use of pegfilgrastim and filgrastim in community practice: Results of the ACCEPT study ...

Umbilical catheter placement is a routine neonatal emergency procedure that has large variability in technical methods. Commonly used methods are unable to accurately estimate insertion lengths, and X ...

Stage-Specific Outcomes of Patients With Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Comparison of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Systems During ...

Research using rats sometimes requires long-term placement of catheters in the subarachnoid space, the cavity between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater in the brain. These catheters can be used to ...

All patients with Broviac catheters placed by pediatric intensivists and pediatric surgeons during a 3-year period from 2007 to 2009 were identified, and their charts and billing records were reviewed ...