Central venous catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with chronic hemodialysis. Risk factors ...

Medtronic Venous Cannulae are available with or without wire winding in single, double and triple stage designs in a variety of tip configurations to accommodate both bi-caval and caval-atrial ...

A CT scan taken for another purpose showed the guidewire in the central venous system, but its presence was probably overlooked at that time. The use of ultrasound guidance has been promoted as a ...

The device consists of a silicone cannula, which is placed in a central venous location (usually via the right internal jugular vein with the tip positioned in the right atrium) and is connected ...

This was the first central vein cannulation performed on a human 1 ... same vein we visualize to determine the presence of jugular venous distention or JVD in conditions like heart failure ...

Alternatives to the Huber cannula are available ... Teichgräber UK, Pfitzmann R, Hofmann HA: Central venous port systems as an integral part of chemotherapy. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108: 147 ...

Cardiopulmonary bypass was initiated following aortic and two-stage right atrial venous cannulation. The heart was cooled and intentionally stopped by antegrade cardioplegia. On lifting the heart, a ...

Every cannula inserted in the ED during hours of recruitment had blood drawn and blood gas analysis performed. The results were analysed by a senior ED clinician who assessed whether the blood gas ...