In the face of the current health care reform, all health care practitioners are challenged to
accomplish positive, verifiable patient and procedure outcomes while maintaining quality …

AIMS: We wanted to assess the factors that predict complications and patient satisfaction of
totally implanted central venous access ports (TIAP). METHODS: We reviewed 550 patients …

Central venous access plays an important role in modern medical patient assessment and
treatment. The use of central venous access devices has become routine in the oncology …

OBJECTIVE: To review venous anatomy and physiology, discuss assessment parameters
before vascular access device (VAD) placement, and review VAD options. DATA …

PURPOSE: To examine the safety, efficacy, costs, and impact on quality of life of venous
access ports implanted at the outset of a course of intravenous cancer chemotherapy …

A short peripheral intravenous catheter or cannula (PIVC) is frequently used to deliver
chemotherapy in oncology practice. Although safe and easy to insert, PIVCs do fail, leading …

BACKGROUND. The objective of the current study was 2‐fold: to evaluate a radiologically
placed percutaneous arm port device (PRAPD) in a large series of 1000 consecutive cancer …

Safe and pain-free vascular access is now the achievable goal for every patient receiving
systemic chemotherapy. The discomfort and anxiety that used to accompany multiple (often …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety, efficacy, and subjective
satisfaction of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in terminally ill cancer patients …

Background The implanted vascular access ports (PORTs) were compared with peripherally
inserted central catheters (PICCs) as the administration of chemotherapy regarding different …