A few months ago, Bob Miele was diagnosed with a lung infection. "He was giving me oral medication, but they weren't having much of an effect," he said. So Bob was sent to Infusion Resource in East ...
Objective: To compare the use of vascular Doppler ultrasound with vein visualization and palpation for positioning peripherally inserted central catheters in children and to determine the influence of ...
Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) are a type of deep venipuncture, for which the catheter tip malposition rate is high. To examine the feasibility of preventing catheter tip malposition ...
PICC Excellence now offers a Certified PICC Ultrasound Insertion credentialing program for clinicians and medical professionals who place peripherally inserted central IV catheters. Read the full ...
HARTWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PICC Excellence, Inc. has launched and is expanding its Certified PICC Ultrasound Insertion (CPUI™) credentialing program. CPUI is an international certification ...
Umbilical catheter placement is a routine neonatal emergency procedure that has large variability in technical methods. Commonly used methods are unable to accurately estimate insertion lengths, and X ...
Vascular access is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in medicine, with 200 million peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters placed annually in U.S. hospitals to administer fluids, ...
NEW YORK, New York — Bedside ultrasound imaging could be poised to replace the gold standard of chest x-ray for the confirmation of central venous catheter placement, according to preliminary data ...
Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...