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Sci Rep
January 2025
Nursing Department, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
Timely and effective rescue of critically ill children no longer solely relies on advanced medical technology; vascular access plays a pivotal role. Best practice recommendations for nursing in vascular access are critical for ICU patients. However, clear guidelines for the maintenance of external infusion connection devices remain lacking.
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January 2025
Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
Background: Open window thoracostomy (OTW) is the standard of care for debilitated patients with chronic pleural infection and nonexpandable lungs (NEL) who are not candidates for major surgical intervention. Tunneled pleural catheters (TPC) offer tremendous treatment potential in this setting based on their efficacy in malignant pleural effusion and NEL. We aim to assess the efficacy, safety, and health care utilization of TPC in this setting.
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December 2024
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 526, Los Angeles, CA 90077. Electronic address:
The most recent National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines shifted emphasis to kidney replacement modality selection and vascular access planning and creation of the Endstage Kidney Disease Life-Plan, which promotes a patient-centered approach. The Life-Plan is intended to be created through discussions between the patient and their multidisciplinary care team to ultimately develop a lifelong kidney replacement therapy strategy. The focus of the Life-Plan is to engage the patient in a multidisciplinary patient-centered approach.
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December 2024
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Tunneled dialysis catheter (TDC) placement plays an essential role in hemodialysis patients. These catheters are inserted in a significant number of patients prior to establishing permanent dialysis access. Insertion is often simple and straightforward, and the preference is to use the right internal jugular vein due to fewer chances of long-term complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Palliat Med
January 2025
Department of Interventional Radiology, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
Malignant ascites (MA) represents 10% of all causes of ascites and is associated with a poor prognosis. The PleurX tunneled peritoneal catheter is a device that allows the management of MA at home in a palliative care context (renamed AscitX catheter for this work). The objective of this study was to analyze real-world data of AscitX use for cancer patients with MA, to describe complications associated with the insertion of this device, and to identify factors influencing patient outcomes.
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