Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).

Using femoral nerve block catheters after ACL reconstruction maintains postoperative pain below the moderate-to-severe threshold for up to four days, according to a recent study. Brian Williams, MD, ...

Central venous catheters are frequently used in leukapheresis to provide high flow rates. The most common locations are the subclavian or jugular vein, but insertion-related complications and ...

Jugular vein catheters are thought to be less prone to infection than femoral vein catheters, but evidence from randomized trials has been lacking. Now, results of the Cathedia study in France suggest ...

For critically ill patients requiring dialysis, insertion of the catheter in a vein in the neck does not appear to reduce the risk of infection compared to vein access in the upper leg, except for ...

(HealthDay)—For patients in intensive care units who need a catheter, placement in the subclavian vein appears to lower the risk of bloodstream infection and deep-vein thrombosis, compared to jugular ...

Central venous catheterization of the subclavian vein was associated with the lowest risk for bloodstream infections and symptomatic thrombosis compared with insertions at the jugular or femoral veins ...

A case report has been recently published in BMC Nephrology by Jaka P. and colleagues on the malposition of the femoral central venous catheter in the renal vein of a transplanted kidney, ...

Controlling pain using a femoral nerve catheter rather than standard intravenous opioids may improve early knee function after total knee arthroplasty, a study suggests. Martin L. De Ruyter, MD, ...

FOR Diana Parasram, dialysis is not just treatment; it is survival. After being diagnosed with kidney failure, she began the ...