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PICC Care Simplified: A Comprehensive Clinician’s Guide
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) are essential in modern medical practice, providing reliable venous access for patients requiring long-term intravenous therapy. Below, we highlight an overview of our latest PICC Care and Maintenance Guide. Download...
How to Prevent Port Occlusion: 10 Expert-Backed Tips
Occlusion is one of the most common complications associated with vascular access devices (VADs). A blocked device can interrupt treatment, preventing the delivery of essential medications, fluids, or nutrition. This can lead to a rapid deterioration in the emergency...
ECG-Guided Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Tip Placement: A Safer, Faster, and Cost-Effective Alternative
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are essential tools in modern medicine, providing reliable vascular access for fluid administration, medication delivery, and haemodynamic monitoring. However, CVC insertion can be a resource intensive procedure with potential for...
The Clinical Relevance of the Modified Seldinger Technique (MST) in Neonatology
Neonatal care often necessitates reliable vascular access for the administration of parenteral nutrition, medications, and other critical therapies. The Modified Seldinger Technique (MST) has emerged as a valuable method for inserting neonatal peripherally inserted...
Economic Impact of Venous Catheters: An Overview of a Cost Comparison Study
Introduction Venous catheters are essential medical devices for intravenous (IV) therapy, allowing healthcare professionals to administer medications, fluids, and nutrients directly into a patient's bloodstream. The choice of catheter can significantly impact both...
Accessing the reservoir of the PICC-port: How can we anticipate handling errors and prevent complications? Interview with Christian Dupont.
The thoracic reservoir has been widely used for vascular access in chronic patients for many years, particularly in oncology. It is a reliable device, and when not in use, it requires relatively low maintenance care. However, as indicated by the recent study by...
The Benefits of Cardiac Output Monitoring for ICU Nurses
Nurses are the first clinical aid at the bedside, monitoring and responding to changes in patient conditions. Providing nurses with tools to make more informed decisions can significantly enhance patient care as early detection of preventable outcomes is crucial for...
Midline Catheter use in Oncology and its Role in The Treatment of Breast Carcinoma
In this article, we present the case of a triple-negative breast carcinoma T2N0M0 with negative genetic testing and a Ki67 proliferation index of 80%, indicating an aggressive cancer. Despite the initial recommendation to use a peripherally inserted central catheter...
Perioperative haemodynamic management made easy, affordable, and green
Haemodynamic instability frequently manifests during the perioperative course of high-risk surgical patients. This instability arises primarily during surgery due to the influence of anaesthetic agents on vascular tone, compounded by surgical bleeding. Post-surgery,...
Combining aesthetics and feasibility in chest port placement
Recommendations of Dr Diane Weber Two years ago, I met Alicia, a breast cancer patient. After struggling with the disease for a while, she had to undergo a mastectomy. Soon after her surgery, a need for a chest port was identified. She came to me asking for an...
3 keys to choosing the best haemodynamic monitor for our patients
Haemodynamic monitoring provides us with information on cardiovascular performance and has therefore become a fundamental tool in the diagnostic approach and therapeutic orientation. More and more devices are becoming available that allow us to carry out advanced...
Enteral nutrition in the newborn: analysis of scientific evidence on feeding methods
The following article offers an in-depth analysis of the scientific evidence on enteral nutrition in infants, focusing in particular on the methods of administration. Nutrition in infants is a vital component for their development and well-being, and the choice of the...
Enteral nutrition in infants: small connections for small patients
For the treatment of patients, from adults to infants and premature babies, admitted to healthcare facilities, it is often necessary to place probes and catheters whose use includes the administration of enteral nutrition in addition to the infusion of drugs and other...
Efficacy and importance of connector cleaning in neonatal enteral nutrition
Enteral nutrition tubes are used in healthcare facilities to administer nutrition, fluids and medication to patients who cannot be fed orally. For years, these patients have been subjected to the risks of misconnections, defined as incorrect administration of an...
The PICC-port revolution
The PICC-port is the latest breakthrough in Venous Access Devices (VADs) and is now included in the DavExpert app's solution for patients. New studies are showing it is a safe, effective, efficient and aesthetic option for cancer patients. How has this device evolved...
Enteral nutrition delivery systems: which one to choose in neonates?
Nutritional needs are understood as the amount of each of the nutrients required by an individual at each stage of life to maintain a correct nutritional status and, thus, prevent disease and ensure proper growth. Ensuring that these nutritional needs are met in the...
What are the advantages of PICC-port?
PICC-port is an implanted catheter that is undoubtedly gaining ground in the world of vascular access. Its growing success is not surprising: it comes with new indications, cost reduction and patient satisfaction. Even if PICC-port has been in use for several decades,...
Is the use of cleaning protocols sufficient to increase the safety of ENFit® connectors in neonates?
The introduction of ENFit® connectors in neonatology units, with the aim of avoiding connection errors between systems intended for different clinical therapies, has generated much debate among experts in the field. The new connector for enteral nutrition poses a...
6 measures to ensure the proper functioning of a PICC-port
Healthcare professionals working with oncology patients are used to handling fully implanted catheters. In recent years, PICC-port has proven to be very useful in the field. However, any vascular access device can become a problem if its placement has not been optimal...