April 27, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — The rate of inappropriately placed central venous catheters (CVCs) substantially declines when residents and emergency department (ED) technicians are trained to ...

Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...

Umbilical catheter placement is a routine neonatal emergency procedure that has large variability in technical methods. Commonly used methods are unable to accurately estimate insertion lengths, and X ...

Ultrasound guidance of central line placement allowed access with fewer attempts than using only anatomic landmarks, according to a prospective, randomized study published online March 12 in the ...

Nurses can use an ultrasound-based system to confirm the placement of peripherally inserted central catheters faster and at less cost than traditional technology can, according to an Advisory Board ...

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation is easier, quicker and safer than the traditional method using landmarks, and should be the method of choice when treating critical care patients. In ...

Under Medicare’s Hospital-Associated Conditions (HAC) Reduction Program, America’s hospitals face a large financial risk that warrants the close attention of chief financial officers. In fiscal year ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RIVANNA®, developers of world-first imaging-based medical solutions, announced the acquisition of a groundbreaking patent for an advanced ...