Objective: To compare the cost and safety of placement of Broviac catheters in children by pediatric intensivists in a sedation suite versus placement by pediatric surgeons in the operating room.

Dr. Robert O. Hickman, a pediatric nephrologist and inventor of a catheter that revolutionized care for cancer patients, died on April 4. He was 92. In the 1970s, Hickman was a founding member of the ...

What if tapping into the veins of a dialysis patient were as easy as blowing up a football? Or if catheters could be effortlessly removed each day, minimizing the infections and clotting often ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. On day of life 50, the Broviac catheter was removed owing to local infection at the site of catheter insertion. Broviac catheter tip culture ...

Health Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Early-Stage Hodgkin’s Disease Treated on Southwest Oncology Group Study 9133 Purpose: Multiple studies have demonstrated that catheter-related ...

Stage-Specific Outcomes of Patients With Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Comparison of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Systems During ...

A total of 170 Broviac placements (112 intensivist patients and 58 surgical patients) were included in the analysis. These two groups of patients were similar (Table 1). The majority of the surgical ...