The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology have issued a joint scientific statement detailing the guiding ...

In both groups, the replacement of artificial liver catheter dressings was performed by nurses certified in specialized ...

It’s 6 a.m. in 2019, and I’m running through my to-do list for the day: Looking back now, I don’t know how I managed it all. Over the course of five years, I raised one, then two children, managed my ...

He left the hospital with a sling on his right arm and a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), and only finished his antibiotics last week. McAvoy of course missed the final two games of ...

I am sitting at home with my PICC line [to treat the infection] and this and that, I can’t play and I can’t help my team. Like I said, it was like a whole other season. I can’t even remember ...

Given its robust association with cancer-related death, CRBSI should be prioritized in PICC-related complication surveillance and management protocols. Catheter-related bloodstream infection ...

When he left Mass General on Feb. 20, his right arm was propped up in a sling, while a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) was fixed in place to regularly administer antibiotics to his ...

and because there is no risk of pneumothorax with the PICC insertion procedure. The documented infection rate for PICCs is 0.75 infections per 1000 catheter days, compared with short-term ...

There is no defined frequency for changing transparent dressings, and facility policies vary. Many facilities' guidelines call for changing the dressing weekly or sooner as needed. The dressing ...