Search results for "Venous access"
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes stories on peripherally inserted central catheters and bedside exam skills, and conference coverage from the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American Diabetes Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2013
In the News
Preventing bloodstream infections, management of unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2011
Recent Research
Stroke readmissions, PICC use, career burnout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2014
Avoiding the femoral vein in central venous cannulation: an outdated practice
Contemporary data on central venous cannulation shows safety advantages to using the femoral vein in some cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/perspectives-avoiding-the-femoral-vein-in-central-venous-cannulation-an-outdated-practice.htm
15 Aug 2018
Highlights from ACP Journal Club
MODS assay better at detecting TB but poses challenges in developing countries, et al.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/highlight-jc.htm
15 Mar 2007
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • July 2020 (unlisted ...
A “midline” catheter (sometimes described as “short PICC”) terminates in a peripheral vein about three to eight inches from the insertion site and therefore is not a central venous access device. ... With a central venous access catheter, the catheter tip terminates in the subclavian, brachiocephalic (innominate), or iliac vein.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/acph-202007-coding-corner-peripherally-inserted-central-catheters_t1.pdf
30 Jun 2020