catheter access Articles
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20 medical device startups you need to know
Imperative CareCampbell, Calif.Founded: 2015Technology for stroke treatment Imperative Care‘s TracStar LDP, touted as the first LDP on the market, is a 0.088 in. large bore access catheter designed to get closer to the treatment site for stroke procedures, while its Zoom aspiration portfolio, designed to work with LDP, delivers trackable aspiration catheters that are optimized for fast, ...
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Costs Attributable to Arteriovenous Fistula and Arteriovenous Graft Placements in Hemodialysis Patients with Medicare coverage
Keywords Vascular access · Hemodialysis · Healthcare costs · Health economics · Arteriovenous fistula · Arteriovenous graft Abstract Introduction: Hemodialysis (HD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients requires vascular access (VA) through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), a prosthetic arteriovenous graft (AVG), or a central venous catheter. While AVF or ...
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What is Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
For patients and parents recently affected by or managing short bowel syndrome, TPN is likely new to their vocabulary. While any clinical acronym may sound overwhelming, TPN is not such a complicated one to understand. ...
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Why auditing catheter dislodgement is a patient safety must
Chris Cheney at HealthLeaders Media released an article related to IV Catheter Dislodgement, the potential impact, and the need to audit these types of occurrences. The article focuses on Nancy Moureau’s work in understanding the impact of IV dislodgement, and ultimately a call to action: Records should be tracked with IV dislodgement reports as a mandatory effort, to continue to quantify ...
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Arteriovenous Fistulae for Haemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis of Efficacy and Safety Outcomes
Background: Arteriovenous fistulae are the currently recommended gold standard vascular access modality for haemodialysis because of their prolonged patency, improved durability, and low risk of infection for those that mature. However, notable disadvantages are observed in terms of protracted maturation time, associated high rates of catheter use, and substantial abandonment rates. The aim of ...
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