Central venous catheters (CVCs) are critical components in modern clinical practice, providing essential vascular access for fluid administration, medication delivery, and haemodynamic monitoring in ...

Objectives: To summarize existing knowledge regarding the prevalence of complications associated with temporary percutaneous central venous catheters placed in critically ill children, and to review ...

Introducing a series of interventions around central line insertion, including education, insertion bundle and process and outcome surveillance, can lead to a marked decline in the rate of central ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe thrombocytopenia who did not receive prophylactic transfusion before catheter placement had ...

The use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC lines) has reduced the mortality and morbidity of premature newborns. The usual sites of insertion are the veins in the upper arms but ...

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013;14(3):273-283. An alternative site for CVC placement in children is the axillary vein. Metz et al [46] reported a series of axillary CVC attempts that were successful in 41 ...