Is There Any Association between PEEP and Upper Extremity DVT? by Farah Al-Saffar, Ena Gupta, Furqan Siddiqi, Muhammad Faisal, Lisa M. Jones, Vandana Seeram, Mariam Louis, James D. Cury, Abubakr A. Bajwa, Adil Shujaat

“…Nineteen (67.8%) had a central venous catheter on the same side. The mean ± SD duration of MV was 13.2±9.5 days. …”
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Treatment of Severe Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Lung Injury with ECCO2R Using the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System by Ramiro Saavedra-Romero, Francisco Paz, John M. Litell, Julia Weinkauf, Carina C. Benson, Lisa Tindell, Kari Williams

“…ECCO2R is similar to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) but operates at much lower blood flows (350–550 mL/min) through a smaller 15.5 French central venous catheter. Standard heparinization was provided intravenously to achieve appropriate levels of anticoagulation during ECCO2R therapy. …”
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Empowering Nursing Practices: Enhancing Patient Care Through Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Urinary Catheterisation in Taicang City by Lihong Zhang, Hong Zhang, Yaxuan Wang, Hui Li, Ting Liu, Jingjing Qian, Chi Wang

“…Partial correlation analysis adjusted for age, gender, department, working experience and experience in treating patients with catheter‐associated urinary tract infections also showed positive correlations among KAP. …”
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Usefulness of a TDM-Guided Approach for Optimizing Teicoplanin Exposure in the Treatment of Secondary Bloodstream Infections Caused by Glycopeptide-Susceptible <i>Enterococcus faec... by Milo Gatti, Matteo Rinaldi, Maddalena Giannella, Pierluigi Viale, Federico Pea

“…Overall, 67 patients (median age 70 years; male 55.2%) were included. Catheter-related BSIs (50.7%) and intrabdominal/biliary tract (29.9%) infections were the main sources of <i>Enterococcus faecium</i> BSI. …”
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Clinical application of 3D slicer reconstruction and 3D printing localization combined with neuroendoscopy technology in VPS surgery by Long Zhou, Pan Lei, Ping Song, Zhiyang Li, Huikai Zhang, Hangyu Wei, Lun Gao, Qiuwei Hua, Hui Ye, Qianxue Chen, Silei Zhang, Qiang Cai

“…All patients were successfully catheterized and well positioned. According to the unique ventricular system characteristics of each hydrocephalus patient, the 3D Slicer reconstruction technology was used to determine the individualized puncture point and direction, measure the puncture depth, accurately locate the puncture through the 3D printing guide plate, and accurately send the tip of the ventricular catheter into the frontal or central part of the lateral ventricle with the assistance of neuroendoscopic visualization, which improved the success rate of the operation and reduced the risk of tube blockage. …”
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Combined surgical and interventional cardiology approach for central venous access salvage in children with intestinal failure: A case series by Emily Byrd, M. Jake Petersen, Minna M. Wieck, Frank Ing, Shinjiro Hirose

“…Long-term central venous access can be complicated by recurrent infections, catheter malfunction, and venous stricture and thrombosis. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway in adult patients with spinal deformity undergoing open thoracolumbar surgery by Qingyang Huang, Lang Xiao, Shuaikang Wang, Peng Cui, Di Han, Peng Wang, Shibao Lu

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed that fewer ERAS (P = 0.015) and later drain removal (P = 0.041) were significantly associated with more complications, and more ERAS (P = 0.009), earlier postoperative LOS (P = 0.020), and earlier urinary catheter removal (P = 0.034) were significantly associated with the 90-day readmission rates. …”
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in patients undergoing nasal surgeries for prevention of emergence agitation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Gustavo R.M. Wegner, Bruno F.M. Wegner, Henrik G. Oliveira, Luis A. Costa, Luigi W. Spagnol, Valentine W. Spagnol, Gilberto T.F. de Oliveira Filho

“…Factors like urinary catheter, endotracheal tube, postoperative pain, and younger age contribute to its occurrence. …”
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Utility of Circadian Variability Patterns in Differentiating Origins of Premature Ventricular Complexes by Mu Chen, Qunshan Wang, Jian Sun, Peng-Pai Zhang, Wei Li, Rui Zhang, Bin-Feng Mo, Tai-Zhong Chen, Juyi Wan, Dong-Zhu Xu, Kazutaka Aonuma, Yi-Gang Li

“…We analyzed Holter recordings from patients with monomorphic PVCs who underwent catheter ablation. PVC circadian patterns were classified as fast-heart rate- (HR-) dependent (F-PVC), slow-HR-dependent (S-PVC), or HR-independent (I-PVC). …”
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New Optic Nerve Sonography Quality Criteria in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury by Ibrahim Soliman, Garrett G. R. J. Johnson, Lawrence M. Gillman, Frederick A. Zeiler, Fahad Faqihi, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Abdullah Balhamar, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Shahzad Ahmad Mumtaz, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Christos Lazaridis, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…All patients had an intraparenchymal ICP catheter inserted, while ONSD was measured bilaterally, upon admission and over the next 48 hours, based on the new sonographic criteria. …”
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Practice of multidisciplinary team collaboration and nursing of a patient undergoing surgery for colon cancer (1例结肠癌手术患者多学科协作护理体会) by WANG Nannan (王楠楠), WANG Yutao (王玉涛), LIU Yunchao (刘云超), GUO Lian (郭连), ZHANG Yi (张依), SU Guohua (苏国华), PENG Yujie (彭雨洁)

“…The nursing group also organized various professional teams to conduct nursing evaluation, formulated the corresponding nursing plan, and provided professional and standardized nursing interventions on body position management, catheter maintenance, nutrition support and exercise guidance. …”
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A Comparison of Cooling Techniques to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients with Hypothermia by Anna Finley Caulfield, Shylaja Rachabattula, Irina Eyngorn, Scott A. Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Kalimuthu, Amie W. Hsia, Maarten G. Lansberg, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, J. J. Baumann, Marion S. Buckwalter, Monisha A. Kumar, James S. Castle, Christine A. C. Wijman

“…Patients in coma following cardiopulmonary resuscitation were cooled with an endovascular cooling catheter or with ice bags and cold-water-circulating cooling blankets to a target temperature of 32.0–34.0∘C for 24 hours. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Subcutaneous Lactate Measurement in Patients after Major Cardiac Surgery by Martin Ellmerer, Martin Haluzik, Jan Blaha, Jaromir Kremen, Stepan Svacina, Andreas Plasnik, Dimas Ikeoka, Manfred Bodenlenz, Lukas Schaupp, Johannes Plank, Thomas R. Pieber

“…When a 6-hour stabilization period after catheter insertion was introduced, 5.5% of SAT readings and 41.6% of the SAT lactate trends remained incomparable to arterial blood. …”
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Gallstone Ileus following Endoscopic Stone Extraction by Yoshiya Yamauchi, Noritaka Wakui, Yasutsugu Asai, Nobuhiro Dan, Yuki Takeda, Nobuo Ueki, Takahumi Otsuka, Nobuyuki Oba, Shuta Nisinakagawa, Tatsuya Kojima

“…During the procedure, the stone was successfully removed by a balloon catheter when cleaning the common bile duct. The next day, the patient developed abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and nausea and was diagnosed as having gallstone ileus based on abdominal computed tomography (CT) and abdominal ultrasonography findings of an incarcerated stone in the terminal ileum. …”
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Candida Bloodstream Infection: Changing Pattern of Occurrence and Antifungal Susceptibility over 10 Years in a Tertiary Care Saudi Hospital by Nawaf Alkharashi, Sameera Aljohani, Laila Layqah, Emad Masuadi, Waleed Baharoon, Hamdan AL-Jahdali, Salim Baharoon

“…Use of broad spectrum antibiotics (82%), prior ICU admission (60%) and use of central venous catheters (58%) were the most prevalent predisposing factors of candidemia. …”
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Effects of Renal Denervation via Renal Artery Adventitial Cryoablation on Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Neural Remodeling by Wei Wang, Zhaolei Jiang, Rongxin Lu, Hao Liu, Nan Ma, Jie Cai, Min Tang, Ju Mei

“…Introduction. Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) could reduce cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and inhibit atrial fibrillation (AF). …”
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Comparative safety and effectiveness of cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Muhammad Furqan, Ifrah Inbisat Raza, Shaheera Younus, Hareer Fatima, Hiba Azhar, Sania Kaneez Fatima, Laiba Ali, Sara Khan, Aayat Ellahi

“…Traditionally, the main treatment for this condition has been pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) performed using radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). However, another technique known as cryoballoon ablation (CBA) has been developed as another option for managing this heart rhythm disorder. …”
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Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume Is a Reliable Predictor of New-Onset Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Marina Kato, Shuichi Kitada, Yu Kawada, Kosuke Nakasuka, Shohei Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Seo, Nobuyuki Ohte

“…We screened the patients who received cardiac catheterization to evaluate coronary artery disease concomitantly with both left ventriculography and LV pressure recording using a catheter-tipped micromanometer and finally enrolled 355 patients with LVEF ≥ 50% and no history of heart failure (HF) after exclusion of the patients with severe coronary artery stenosis requiring early revascularization. …”
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Comparison of integrated versus parallel continuous renal replacement therapy combined with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with COVID-19 ARDS by Kristina Schönfelder, Felix Helmenstein, Frank Herbstreit, Johanna Reinold, Andreas Kribben, Michael Jahn, Justa Friebus-Kardash

“…In-hospital mortality (p = 0.99), catheter associated infections (p = 0.47), bacteraemia (p = 0.96), filter clotting (p = 0.58) and unplanned CRRT system changes (p = 0.45) within the first 72 h of CRRT were comparable between both groups. …”
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Perioperative nursing management of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (经导管二尖瓣缘对缘修复术围手术期护理) by LIU Yuan (刘苑), LAI Jianqing (赖间清), DING Fei (丁菲), HUANG Huifen (黄惠芬)

“…The comprehensive interventions including enhanced recovery after surgery, respiratory exercise, pain control, catheter maintenance and standard health education before discharge were carried out to relieve symptoms of heart failure, improve self-care ability and quality of life of patients after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair. …”
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