Umbilical vessel catheterization is a routine practice for vascular access in critically ill neonates. Radiographs are used to confirm correct placement and to help distinguish between umbilical ...

To compare targeted neonatal echocardiography (TnECHO) and antero-posterior (AP) chest radiographs in the localization of the umbilical venous catheter (UVC) tip and to determine the accuracy of UVC ...

The Umbilical Vessel Catheters Market (UVCs) are medical devices used in neonatal care to provide access to the circulatory system of newborns through the umbilical vessels. The umbilical cord, which ...

Though researchers found the same increasing trend for the incidence of UVC-associated CLABSI when the dwell time increased, as in previous studies, this study showed no significant difference in ...

There was a total of 130 respondents, yielding a 42% rate of return. Eighty-four percent of the respondents were physicians, 10% were nurses, and 6% were pharmacists. The majority of NICUs (65%) had ...

Objective: To determine the influence of catheter site and type (single- vs triple-lumen) on infection rates associated with central venous catheterization. Design: Prospective observational study of ...

Cardinal Health issued a recall of an insertion tray used during emergency intravenous catheter placement for critically ill newborns after its scalpel was implicated in the death of two infants, the ...

The survey instrument was approved by expedited review of our medical center's institutional review board. In November 2000, 311 NICUs having greater than 25 beds were identified from the United ...