All patients with Broviac catheters placed by pediatric intensivists and pediatric surgeons during a 3-year period from 2007 to 2009 were identified, and their charts and billing records were reviewed ...

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 ...

The use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC lines) has reduced the mortality and morbidity of premature newborns. The usual sites of insertion are the veins in the upper arms but ...

A total of 170 Broviac placements (112 intensivist patients and 58 surgical patients) were included in the analysis. These two groups of patients were similar (Table 1). The majority of the surgical ...