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 ...

Comparative Effects of Three Cytokine Regimens After High-Dose Cyclophosphamide: Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF), and Sequential ...

Dr. Robert O. Hickman, a pediatric nephrologist and inventor of a catheter that revolutionized care for cancer patients, died on April 4. He was 92. In the 1970s, Hickman was a founding member of the ...

What if tapping into the veins of a dialysis patient were as easy as blowing up a football? Or if catheters could be effortlessly removed each day, minimizing the infections and clotting often ...

Local instillation of fibrinolytic agents is a method widely used for restoring permeability of malfunctioning central catheters. We present the case of a documented episode of subsegmental pulmonary ...