Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like. But most ...

Poor communication between physicians and nurses can lead to catheters being left in too long and infecting patients, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care. Ann ...

An antibiotic catheter lock containing gentamicin in sodium citrate can decrease the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), researchers ...

U.S. District Judge David Campbell of the District of Arizona is overseeing the trial, which began on April 21 and is set to ...

Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like.

Mortality and morbidity are higher among patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure than among those with heart failure alone. Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation has been proposed as a ...

We conducted a single-center, open-label trial in Germany that involved patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation and end-stage heart failure who were referred for heart transplantation evaluation ...