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Telemedicine-guided management of iodinated contrast media-associated anaphylaxis – Full Text

"An on-site technologist initiated emergency protocol and activated a telemedicine emergency alert, prompting real-time audiovisual communication with an already connected remote supervising physician. Under remote physician guidance, the on-site team administered two 0.3 mg intramuscular doses of epinephrine, supplemental oxygen, and airway positioning maneuvers, with subsequent improvement in oxygenation and systolic blood pressure before EMS arrival" Soni et al (2026).

Peripheral venous access in the neonate

"On this basis, we propose a protocol for Safe Insertion of Peripheral Venous Catheters (SIPVeC), a seven-step insertion bundle formatted the same way as the protocols already available for umbilical and central devices in the neonate" Barone et al (2026).

Intravenous medication loss in adult intensive care

"Order review before non-urgent preparation, reconstitution and checking, storage and return pathways, and syringe, pump and line handling are candidate targets; no controlled adult ICU study has shown reduced loss without affecting access, dose delivery, sterility, compatibility or workload" Liang et al (2026).

Patency of hemodialysis vascular access

"We evaluated patency and quantified the configuration-specific reintervention burden of upper-extremity arteriovenous accesses over 15 years at a single center" Cho and Joh (2026).

Sensing technologies for vascular access – Full Text

"This narrative review examines artificial intelligence and sensing technologies for vascular access care, based on PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov searches through 22 August 2026 with citation chaining" Sessa et al (2026).

Impact of difficulty of intravenous access scale on first-attempt peripheral venous access – Full Text

"This scoring system, derived from a two-phase study, identified clear predictive criteria for procedure success or failure, and demonstrated a direct correlation between the score and the probability of failure. This suggests the potential usefulness of implementing this system to improve initial patient assessment before SPC insertion" Godiveau et al (2026).

Comparison of routine blood culture methods – Full Text

"These findings highlight a key limitation of conventional methods in detecting polymicrobial infections and underscore the need for more sensitive diagnostics. qPCR offers improved detection, particularly when organism abundance and growth rates vary" Doualeh et al (2026).

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy guidelines – Full Text

"To guarantee the safe and effective provision of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), appropriate practice guidelines are essential for offering the necessary recommendations. This study aims to synthesise and appraise published OPAT clinical practice guidelines" Lim et al (2026).

Clinical outcomes of 295 PICC-ports implanted in cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study

A new publication on the Clinical outcomes of 295 PICC-ports implanted in cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study from the Journal of Vascular Access Clinical…

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Ultrasound confirmation of CVC tip position – Full Text

"The right supraclavicular fossa ultrasound view appears to be useful in real-time confirmation of CVC tip position and facilitates intra-procedural correction of malposition" Maurya et al (2026).

Fluid management in patients with acute brain injury – Full Text

"Higher fluid input (FI) resulting in more positive fluid balance (FB) is associated with worse outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients" Ergezen et al (2026).

Septic pulmonary embolism associated with neonatal PICC – Full Text

"This case suggests that PICC surface biofilms were the most probable source of septic emboli causing occult SPE, underscoring the importance of considering catheter-related pulmonary embolism in neonates with unexplained respiratory deterioration" Gao et al (2026).