The origination of the central venous catheter technique is attributed to Werner Forrsmann in 1929, who won a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956 for his idea of delivering a drug directly into the heart ...

With a central venous catheter, you basically have a direct line from the outside world right to your heart. That’s great for getting treatment, but it means you have to manage it very carefully.

There is a lack of standardised practice and national guidance to support flushing technique after administration of intravenous medicines. To help healthcare organisations review their practice and ...

A multi-specialty panel has designed a best practices guide for the "insertion, care, and management" of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). The group, led by Vineet Chopra, MD, of the ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany - Landstuhl Regional Medical Center’s Combined Intensive Care Unit recently added Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter as part of ICU capabilities at LRMC. Peripherally Inserted ...