Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

Objective: This review aims to provide a structured classification of the underlying steering mechanisms in steerable catheters and to assess their future challenges. Methods: Existing, patented, and ...

We aimed to identify the effect of suction pressure and catheter size on change in lung volume during open and closed endotracheal suction.

Magnetic actuation is a versatiletechnology, widely applied in medical robotics for noncontact steering of flexible instruments and untethered agents. In this article, we exploit the benefits of this ...

Managing catheter-related infections among critically ill hospitalized patients are a daily concern for most clinicians. Learn about new practical approaches for these infections.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are common and pose significant costs to healthcare systems. To date, this problem is largely unsolved as commercially available antimicrobial ...

Abstract Purpose: To compare the fixation of the central venous catheter (CVC) using two suture techniques. Methods: A clinical, analytical, interventional, longitudinal, prospective, controlled, ...

Teleflex reports new findings from a study showing the efficacy of its Arrow chlorhexidine-impregnated central venous catheters (CVCs).