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Optimal catheter-to-vein ratios to prevent peripheral venous catheter failure

"About 36% of catheters fail before treatment completion, in part because of their insertion into veins not large enough to accommodate them. Peripheral veins, especially those in the hand and wrist, are typically narrow (1.8–2.3-mm diameter); this can be influenced by factors including previous vessel damage and sex (e.g. male veins are ∼0.5-mm greater in diameter in the hand than female veins)" Marsh et al (2025).

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Retained central venous catheter guidewires

"Whole guidewire retention occurs in 1:3167 procedures. While training and current policies prevent most whole guidewire retentions, they do not stop the error from occurring and rely on removing human error consistently across thousands of procedures to prevent a single event. A safety-engineered mechanism of error prevention is required that applies to any clinical environment, is impervious to distraction or interruption, and does not rely on clinician memory to ensure guidewire removal" Mariyaselvam et al (2025).

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Analysis of the reasons for removal of vascular ports – Full Text

"The use of vascular ports in oncology patients for the administration of irritating and chemotherapeutic drugs clearly solves the problem of peripheral vascular damage caused by oncological drugs, and at the same time provides a comfortable way of treating patients in the long term" Olszewska et al (2025).

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PICC-related thrombosis in hospitalized infants

"We aimed to characterize the appropriateness of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in hospitalized infants and to explore the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of antiplatelet therapy to prevent CRT in these infants" Chegondi et al (2025).

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Pediatric tunneled central venous catheter length

"Pediatric intravascular CVC length can be estimated by formulas suggested by the present study based on the insertion side and patient height, limiting x-ray exposure during CVC insertion and decreasing potential complications" Zaghloul et al (2025).

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