A study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection examined the effects of delayed central venous catheter removal on outcomes in patients with Gram-negative catheter-related bloodstream ...

Epidural catheters can be removed safely despite international normalized ratios higher than 1.4 during the initiation of warfarin therapy, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News. The ...

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters when no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in ...

ORLANDO—Patients with gram-negative peritonitis (GNP) undergoing early catheter removal have a higher rate of permanent transfer to hemodialysis but a lower death rate compared with GNP patients not ...

Minneapolis, MN - The US FDA has approved a new catheter to remove soft thrombus from vessels in the arterial system. According to the manufacturer, the Pronto catheter (Vascular Solutions, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Inari Medical’s recall of its catheter for clot removal in large blood vessels as class I.