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In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters . In most uses, a catheter is a thin, flexible tube ("soft" catheter), though in some uses, it is a larger, solid ("hard") catheter. A catheter left inside the body, either temporarily or permanently, may be referred to as an indwelling catheter. A permanently inserted catheter may be referred to as a permcath.

IDSA guidelines: Review by ID physician improves outcomes for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

Before patients receive intravenous antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital - whether at home, a doctor's office or a skilled nursing facility - an infectious diseases specialist should review the order to ensure the most appropriate treatment, suggest updated guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

14 Nov 2018

Loyola tests new catheter ablation system that can reach deeper into heart muscle

Loyola Medicine is among two centers in the world offering a novel catheter ablation system intended to improve treatment outcomes for a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia.

9 Nov 2018

Targeted radiation provides treatment option for children with hard-to-treat liver cancer

Targeted tumor radiation provides a feasible treatment option for children with difficult-to-treat liver cancer, according to a new study published today in the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer.

8 Nov 2018

Teleflex wins 2018 Medical Design Excellence Award for Arrow AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, is proud to announce the Arrow AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, has been selected as the bronze winner in the cardiovascular device category of the 20th annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition.

29 Oct 2018

Advanced porous plastic materials for medical and life science markets

Porvair Sciences, original manufacturers of porous plastics, will be showcasing its advanced materials for the medical and life science markets at this year’s COMPAMED exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 25 Oct 2018

As billions in tax dollars flow to private Medicaid plans, Who’s minding the store?

Like most people on Medicaid, the Los Angeles trucker was assigned to a private insurance company that coordinated his medical visits and treatment in exchange for receiving a set fee per month — an arrangement known as managed care.

19 Oct 2018

For-profit nursing home residents more likely to experience health issues caused by substandard care

Residents receiving care in for-profit nursing homes are almost twice as likely to experience health issues caused by substandard care compared with clients living in not-for-profit facilities or in homes in the community, according to a new report in the journal Gerontology.

17 Oct 2018

Simple procedure could be efficacious intervention for failed back surgery

Failed back surgery (continued low back and leg pain after surgery) is relatively common. With each reoperation, success, as defined by pain reduction, becomes less likely and most patients do not improve.

15 Oct 2018

ASPEN, Baxter launch educational video series on appropriate use of parenteral nutrition

Today the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, an organization which drives the science and practice of clinical nutrition, and Baxter International Inc., a global leader in clinical nutrition, launched an educational video series on the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition, as part of the organizations' "SmartPN" collaboration to help reduce clinical malnutrition that was announced last year.

10 Oct 2018

New high-definition, miniature camera allows digital view inside veins and arteries

Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants today announced a watershed moment for intravascular surgery, with the demonstration of a single-use, high-definition miniature camera. Called ‘Leap’, the technology allows a digital view inside veins and arteries for the first time.

9 Oct 2018

Intact Vascular to present TOBA II pivotal clinical trial data at VIVA Conference

Intact Vascular, Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, today announced that data from its Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II pivotal clinical trial will be presented at the 15th Annual VIVA Conference in Las Vegas, NV on November 5-8.

8 Oct 2018

ATS releases new guideline to help clinicians manage malignant pleural effusions

A new guideline to help clinicians manage malignant pleural effusions has been developed by the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Thoracic Radiology.

3 Oct 2018

Henry Ford Hospital cardiologists are first in the U.S. to implant device for hard-to-treat angina

Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital performed the first implantation in the United States of a device approved for use in Europe for hard-to-treat angina.

27 Sep 2018

Mesoblast’s MPC therapy for children featured at symposium for congenital heart disease

Mesoblast Limited today announced that Mesoblast's proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell heart failure product candidate MPC-150-IM for use in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was featured at the First Cardiac Regenerative Symposium for Congenital Heart Disease in Baltimore, Maryland on the weekend.

26 Sep 2018

NIRS-IVUS imaging identifies patients and plaques vulnerable to subsequent adverse cardiac events

Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque study demonstrate the correlation between the presence of non-flow-limiting, non-intervened upon, lipid-rich plaques detected by NIRS-IVUS imaging and the development of a major adverse cardiac event from a de novo culprit lesion at both the patient level (vulnerable patients) and segment level (vulnerable plaques) within 24 months post intravascular imaging.

25 Sep 2018

Pioneering procedure for common prostate condition offered by The London Clinic

The London Clinic is one of the first hospitals in the UK to offer prostate artery embolization, a new procedure for non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition in older men.

24 Sep 2018

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a high number experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch--meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient which can lead to inadequate blood flow.

24 Sep 2018

Study highlights need to remain vigilant in maintaining key infection control processes

Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies, according to a review of 144 studies published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

21 Sep 2018

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

More than 80 percent of strokes are caused when a blood vessel to the brain becomes blocked, called an ischemic stroke.

19 Sep 2018

Targeted Lung Denervation procedure significantly reduces COPD problems

First results from a clinical trial of a procedure to open obstructed airways in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have shown that it significantly reduces problems associated with the disease and is safe.

18 Sep 2018