Xing Hong is a nurse at Shanghai General Hospital. She is the only candidate from Shanghai to be nominated for this year's ...

I discovered more about mindfulness, kindness and joy while trapped in a hospital bed than I probably would have in a Himalayan monastery.

Midlines were defined as vascular access devices inserted in the veins of the upper extremity that terminated in the brachial, basilic or cephalic veins of the arm at or near the axillary line. Thus, ...

Objective: To explore the risk factors affecting peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) tip malposition in preterm infants. Methods: A retrospective collection of clinical data from preterm ...

P&O may be one of the most popular brands with travellers, but the world’s oldest cruise line has been trading off its history for too long, and the shine is long gone from its ships. In our recent ...

It is hoped that he’ll be able to return home after doctors administer a PICC line, a tube inserted into the arm to deliver antibiotics, other medicines, fluids, or liquid food. “I feel ...

Local infection: clinical signs of local venous infection at the PICC insertion site (eg, purulent drainage), confirmed with a positive (>15 cfu) swab or catheter tip but with negative or no blood ...

CASCADE, Central venous Access device SeCurement And Dressing Effectiveness; PICC, Peripherally inserted central catheter; nt, non-tunnelled; t, tunnelled. Sample size estimates: A reduction in ...

Community nurses are “underrepresented” in research into integrated care, a new paper has found. The paper, published in the Journal of Integrated Care, sought to identify what information exists ...

A "PICC" line was inserted to provide access to the large central veins near her heart. Plus another tube to drain hydrochloric acid in her stomach and another directly inserted into the small ...

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