May 28 -- TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- There's little overall difference in infection risk if a catheter for dialysis is inserted into a neck vein or an upper leg vein in critically ill ...

Upfront DPYD genotyping and toxicity associated with fluoropyrimidine-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal carcinomas. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ASCO Annual ...

A Permacath is a catheter, a special IV device, that medical professionals insert into a blood vessel, likely in your neck. Permacaths, aka permanent catheters, allow less interrupted access to your ...

They may be thin, flexible tubes called soft catheters or thicker and more inflexible catheters called hard catheters. A catheter that may be left in the body, whether temporarily or permanently, is ...

External urinary catheters are less invasive than internal catheters, which drain urine from your bladder via a thin tube inserted into your urethra (Foley catheter) or via a small incision in the ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common device-associated infection in hospitals. Both technical factors — appropriate catheter use, aseptic insertion, and proper maintenance — ...

The effectiveness of various solutions instilled into the central venous catheter lumens after each hemodialysis session (catheter locking solutions) to decrease the risk of catheter malfunction and ...

A condom catheter is a pee collection device worn on your penis like a condom. It has a tube connected to a collection bag that's strapped to your leg. It collects your pee when you have trouble ...

A suprapubic catheter is a type of urinary catheter. It empties the bladder through an incision in the belly instead of a tube in the urethra. A catheter usually includes a flexible tube that drains ...