Intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In the intensive care unit (ICU), the rate of central venous catheter ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using data from the US Renal Data System, researchers identified 74,194 Medicare-eligible patients who initiated ...

Long-term use of a topical antibiotic application at central venous catheter (CVC) exit sites in hemodialysis (HD) patients may result in a sustained decrease in all CVC-related infections, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Study findings indicated that although most patients who had insurance before developing end-stage renal disease ...

Each year, more than five million central venous catheters (CVC) are placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin to provide patients with fluids, blood or medications. The thin, flexible tubes ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is responsible for an estimated 25 000 deaths per annum in UK hospital practice. It is well established that many of these deaths could be prevented through the use of ...

A novel erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (AMG114) with 131-hour half-life effectively treats chemotherapy-induced anemia when administered as 200 mcg every 3 weeks No significant financial ...