Background: A significant decrease in catheter-related infections was demonstrated in our earlier randomized controlled trial of central venous catheter (CVC) care in hematologic patients. Objective: ...

Urinary catheters across the medical spectrum are being changed more frequently and are increasingly antimicrobial-coated in order to cut down on cost and infections, a new market study shows. The ...

A research team has developed a mechanism of a self-propelled catheter capable of generating peristaltic motion just like an earthworm by applying pneumatic pressure inside only one tube. The goal is ...

Medtronic sent an advisory letter to physicians and healthcare professionals warning of the potential for vascular trauma when using a delivery catheter system for a self-expanding transcatheter ...

Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used to help empty the bladder. A catheter can be passed through the urethra or through a surgical channel in the skin to the bladder, after which ...

“Building consistency and reproducibility into [surgical] procedures generally improves [patient] outcomes,” heart surgeon and researcher Michael Reardon of Houston Methodist Hospital who was not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several advances in interventional cardiology have been implemented since Andreas Gruentzig performed the first ...

BUELACH, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2012) - Following the success of BIOTRONIK's Pulsar-18 0.018"/4F-platform self-expanding stent system, the company has now introduced its Pulsar stent ...

Intervention Group (N = 42) Patient education was individually organized, and, if desired, patients could involve their relatives. Training included practice and theory in 3 main areas: Information ...

Biopsies of pulmonary lesions are essential for increasing the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for respiratory illnesses such as lung cancer. Currently, manual biopsies are performed via ...