Dialysis Catheter Placement Makes Little Difference in Infection Risk
... Neck, leg sites similar, but jugular should be choice for patients with higher BMI ... 35.7 per 1,000 catheter-days among those in the jugular group. Catheter-related bloodstream infection ... in five of 313 (1.6) percent of patients in the jugular group. This was not a statistically significant ...Nonin Medical Introduces Next-Generation Regional Oximeter at Euroanaesthesia 2009
... to conventional NIRS cerebral oximetry in validation testing at Duke University , Chapel Hill, NC, with an ARMS of 2.7 (trending data) relative to jugular bulb measurements (SjvO2). "The Nonin regional oximeter with EQUANOX technology and cerebral sensor provides an accurate measure of trends in ...MRSA Cases Dropping in Hospital ICUs
... A central line is a catheter inserted into a large blood vessel. The tip of the catheter is typically close to the heart or in the aorta or jugular vein. The drop in these infections is largely due to better procedures that have improved the safety of catheters, Burton said. "There has been ...Avalon Laboratories receives FDA and European clearances to market three catheter devices
... (DLC) The Avalon Elite DLC is indicated for use as a single catheter for simultaneous venous drainage and re-infusion of blood via the internal jugular vein during extracorporeal life support procedures. The DLC is designed to increase the efficiency of blood gas exchange by draining blood from both ...Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers
... generator, which turns it into electricity to be used by the battery. In this case, the device was implanted into a pig by way of the internal jugular vein. A heart working at the rate of 80 beats per minute generated 4.3 microjoules of energy per cardiac cycle, about 17 percent of the ...JCI table of contents: Dec. 20, 2007
... cells. The authors therefore suggested, that lack of lymphatic proliferative signals during lymphangiogenesis results in smaller, lower-capacity jugular lymphatic vessels that are unable to accommodate the normal uptake of extravasated fluid and thus exacerbates massive interstitial edema. ...A new method allows for the early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
... was to perform a cardiac catheterization, an invasive technique consisting of the insertion of a hollow and flexible tube (a catheter) through the jugular vein directly into the right side of the heart. This technique is not advisable for all patients because of its complexity and risk. The new ...'Re-plumbing' liver helps beat cancer
... the effluent, says Taney. This blood is then passed through a filter that removes most of the drug, before being returned to the body through the jugular vein. The drug is infused for about 30 minutes, and blood leaving the liver is filtered for an hour. Adam Markham, senior medical adviser to Cancer ...How to diagnose heart failure?
... to indicate a malfunctioning heart. A second significant sign is elevated jugular venous pressure - by observing pulsations in the jugular vein in the neck. Increased pressure may indicate that the patient with ...Thermogard XP(TM) Studies to Be Presented at American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting
... temperature regulation system that connects to Alsius' proprietary heat exchange catheters. The catheters are inserted into a patient's subclavian, jugular or femoral vein, and circulate cool or warm saline through balloons that surround the catheter. This approach decreases or increases core temperature ...Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
... by performing frequent heart biopsies for the first year. Heart biopsies are invasive procedures that involve threading a catheter through the jugular vein to the heart's right ventricle and snipping out several tiny pieces of tissue. A pathologist then tests the tissue to identify the presence of ...