Despite widespread use for more than three decades, the clinical utility of pulmonary-artery catheters remains controversial. Two systematic reviews of small, randomized clinical trials did not ...

PHOENIX -- A first-in-human study found that a novel cooling catheter safely delivered targeted pancreatic temperature reduction in all 21 patients with acute pancreatitis, though researchers ...

Placement of a catheter for emergency peritoneal dialysis can be a relatively low-risk, low-cost procedure performed by a nephrologist at the bedside without the need for operating room resources. 1 A ...

Prolonged catheter use is the number 1 risk factor for developing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). External urine collection devices are an alternative to indwelling catheters for ...

Many U.S. hospitals aren’t taking simple steps to lower the odds that patients won’t get a urinary tract infection from their ...