Catheters were used as early as 3,000 B.C. to relieve painful ... catheterization in patients with spinal cord injury after World War II. For many years, sterile technique was used for catheterization ...

Many women spend decades using birth control of one kind or another, except for when they’re trying to conceive or are ...

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

JCAHO requires all staff who prepare medications to use techniques to ensure accuracy (e.g., double-checking calculations) and avoid contamination, including using clean or aseptic technique as ...

Most practicing sports medicine clinicians refer to the concept of “inflammation” many times a day when diagnosing and treating acute and overuse injuries. What is meant by this term? Is it a “good” ...

Inserting, monitoring, and maintaining peripheral venous access is an integral component of neonatal nursing care. Although complications associated with peripheral vascular devices are typically ...

Catheter related problems due to an indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) have existed as long as urinary catheters have been utilized. This section will review IUC complications: infectious complications ...

For a person with pancreatic cancer, surgery may be the only option for a cure, and one such type of surgery is a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy). But a Whipple procedure is a very complex ...