Early markers of anthracycline сardiotoxicity in treatment of patients with breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...

In the United Kingdom, totally implantable venous access systems (TIVAS) are not routinely used. Compared with Hickman catheters, these devices are more expensive and complex to insert. However, it is ...

Central VADs are soft catheters with the distal tip placed in the superior vena cava. The catheter can stay in place for days, weeks, months, or even years. The goal of a central VAD is to maintain ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan reviewed scientific literature and gathered a group of experts to create The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters, which determines ...

An assessment should be done as early as possible during a patient's hospital admission, in order to determine the type of VAD that is most appropriate for the therapy type and duration, condition of ...