Not to Knot a Catheter. Case Report of the Knotting of a Suprapubic Catheter by S. A. Farook, U. Kariholu, G. Kousidis, M. Powlis

“…A 20-month-old boy, who underwent left nephrectomy, had a suprapubic catheter inserted that knotted within the bladder. …”
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Bradycardia during Transradial Cardiac Catheterization due to Catheter Manipulation: Resolved by Catheter Removal by Maheedhar Gedela, Vishesh Kumar, Kashif Abbas Shaikh, Adam Stys, Tomasz Stys

“…To report the resolution of bradycardia encountered during transradial cardiac catheterization through the catheter pullback technique in two cases. …”
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Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation by Cevher Ozcan, Jeremy Ruskin, Moussa Mansour

“…The cryoballoon catheter was recently approved for this procedure. …”
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Catheter replacement combined with antiplatelet therapy in hemodialysis catheter-related right atrial thrombus: a potential treatment approach by Jibo Sun, Yu Liu, Jiehao Chen, Yaojia Zhou, Hong Fan, Qiuyan Zhao

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Successful management of catheter injury or refractory infection by partial replantation of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a retrospective observational study by Seyoung Ryou, Eun Jeong Ko, Hoon Suk Park, Byung Ha Chung, Cheol Whee Park, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Hyung Duk Kim, Yaeni Kim

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Minimizing Hemodialysis Catheter Dysfunction: An Ounce of Prevention by Timmy Lee, Charmaine Lok, Miguel Vazquez, Louise Moist, Ivan Maya, Michele Mokrzycki

“…The maintenance of tunneled catheter (TC) patency is critical for the provision of adequate hemodialysis in patients who are TC-dependent. …”
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Antibiogram for Haemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections by Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Pau Cheong Ping, Anis Farahanum Zainal Abidin, Muhammad Zulhilmie Saruddin, Ng Kah Yan, Siti Qania’ah Adam, Ramliza Ramli, Anita Sulong, Petrick Periyasamy

“…Background. Haemodialysis (HD) catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are a major complication of long-term catheter use in HD. …”
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Delayed Intraperitoneal Catheter Erosion into the Small Bowel by Lauren Kerwin, Sean Calhoun

“…One of these delayed complications is catheter erosion into adjacent bowel.…”
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Left Atrial Anatomy Relevant to Catheter Ablation by Damián Sánchez-Quintana, José Ramón López-Mínguez, Yolanda Macías, José Angel Cabrera, Farhood Saremi

“…The rapid development of interventional procedures for the treatment of arrhythmias in humans, especially the use of catheter ablation techniques, has renewed interest in cardiac anatomy. …”
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Peritoneal Catheter Knot Formation by Anwar Ul-Haq, Faisal Al-Otaibi, Saud Alshanafey, Mohamed Diya Sabbagh, Essam Al Shail

“…We report on the case of a child with shunt infection and malfunction. The peritoneal catheter was tethered within the abdominal cavity, precluding its removal. …”
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Pulmonary Artery Catheter Seemingly Entrapped in the Skull by S. M. Friedman, G. R. Rajan

“…A pulmonary artery catheter is an important tool for the monitoring of hemodynamics in patients. …”
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Relationship of Common Vascular Anatomy to Cannulated Catheters by Paul Gagne, Karun Sharma

“…Superficial veins of the upper extremity are the primary location for placement of peripheral IV catheters (PIVC). It is believed that a significant portion of PIVCs placed may cross or abut valves and branching veins or occlude a significant portion of the vein, limiting the ability to aspirate blood from the PIVC. …”
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Differences in catheter-related complications to insertion site selection for long peripheral intravenous catheters in antimicrobial therapy: a randomized controlled trial by Linfang Zhao, Xianghong Jin, Xiangyun Li, Chang Liu, Jie Wang, Xiuzhu Cao, Xufen Zeng, Yiyu Zhuang

Subjects: “…Peripheral intravenous catheters…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Catheter Infections Treatment. by Belkys Rodríguez Llerena, Marcos Diosdado Iraola Ferrer

“…Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Catheter Infections Treatment. It has been defined as the presence of local or systemic signs without other obvious infection site, plus the microbiologic evidence involving the catheter. …”
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Endoscopic Transcolonic Catheter-Free Pelvic Abscess Drainage by Halil Alis, Aliye Soylu, Kemal Dolay, Ersan Aygun

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Retained Urethral Catheter Secondary to Placement in Proximal Ureter by Thomas B. McGregor, Rajan Sharda

“…We present an unusual complication secondary to indwelling urethral catheter placement. Routine catheter placement by the obstetrics team in a postpartum female leads to retention of the catheter and inability of its removal by both the obstetrics and urology teams. …”
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Catheter-Directed Thrombectomy: An Alternative in Massive Pulmonary Embolism by Andres Cordova Sanchez, Mostafa Vasigh, Oluwateniola Olatunde, Debanik Chaudhuri

“…We present a patient with massive PE that was successfully treated with catheter-directed thrombectomy.…”
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Technique of Peritoneal Catheter Placement under Fluroscopic Guidance by Ahmed Kamel Abdel-Aal, Santhosh Gaddikeri, Souheil Saddekni

“…Peritoneal catheters are mainly used for peritoneal dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease. …”
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The Choice of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Implantation Technique by Nephrologists by T. Yip, S. L. Lui, W. K. Lo

“…Peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) is the lifeline of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. …”
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Transcutaneous Puncture of an Undeflatable Coronary Angioplasty Balloon Catheter by Gregor Leibundgut, Christian Degen, Florian Riede

“…After successful stent implantation in the proximal right coronary artery in a 74-year-old female patient referred for acute coronary syndrome, the balloon catheter became undeflatable for an unknown reason. …”
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