A major difference between children and adults is that in pediatric patients, age and, particularly, weight and length of the patient are decisive factors determining the choice of CVC type and ...

A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is a small, thin, and flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm and guided into the superior vena cava to deliver intravenous fluids, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DALLAS — The long-term outcomes and complications of tunneled hemodialysis access in children with ESRD depend ...

About one-third of children using peritoneal dialysis experienced a touch contamination event, according to study data ...

Long-Term Follow-Up of High-Dose Methotrexate-Based Therapy With and Without Whole Brain Irradiation for Newly Diagnosed Primary CNS Lymphoma Children with CVC-related DVT frequently have recurrent ...

Hope is on the horizon for sick children requiring intravenous canulation to administer medication, with a Griffith University-led randomised controlled trial providing evidence about the most ...

Pacemakers, relied upon by many patients with irregular heart rhythms, are not built for children. Scrambling up trees, hanging from monkey bars, and even the simple act of growing make the device ...

It isn't a matter of one needle puncture. Many children coming through the doors of Children's Hospital Los Angeles are seen for chronic conditions and often require frequent visits. Painful ...

Surgically placed central venous catheters (CVC) are increasingly being replaced by percutaneous CVC (PCVC) for nutritional and fluid support of neonates. (Durand, Pediatrics, 1986) We report ...

Inserting a 4-Fr catheter into a 6-Fr guiding catheter—the so-called mother-child technique—greatly improves the success rate for treating lesions in which standard methods have failed. The “4-in-6” ...