In the United Kingdom, totally implantable venous access systems (TIVAS) are not routinely used. Compared with Hickman catheters, these devices are more expensive and complex to insert. However, it is ...

Comparative Effects of Three Cytokine Regimens After High-Dose Cyclophosphamide: Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF), and Sequential ...

What if tapping into the veins of a dialysis patient were as easy as blowing up a football? Or if catheters could be effortlessly removed each day, minimizing the infections and clotting often ...

Local instillation of fibrinolytic agents is a method widely used for restoring permeability of malfunctioning central catheters. We present the case of a documented episode of subsegmental pulmonary ...

Cancer patients received a boost following the launch yesterday of a video which explains how to look after some of the specialised equipment used by patients during treatment. Learning Your Lines is ...

Antibiotic lock therapy, an alternative treatment for Hickman catheter sepsis, was evaluated in six recipients of prolonged outpatient intravenous therapy. Twenty-two episodes of catheter sepsis were ...