Sentences with phrase «of a catheter in»

Patients with severe hypotension or complete cardiovascular collapse (i.e., patients in cardiac arrest), that are severely dehydrated, or in which IV access is not obtainable (as in patients with edema, burns, thrombosis, or obesity) can benefit from placement of a catheter in the medullary cavity of a bone (IO).

Not exact matches

Intuitive has teamed up with China's Fosun Pharma, for instance, in a joint venture to detect lung cancers in their earliest stages, developing a flexible robotic catheter that can navigate into the cavernous regions of the lungs.

He was previously the CEO of CardioFocus where he developed a unique endoscopic catheter for treating atrial fibrillation — now in human trials.

The book's description of GIFT is accurate, but to say that the Church's prohibition of artificial insemination doesn't apply in this case because what is inserted into the recipient woman is no longer only sperm but a catheter containing both a retrieved egg and sperm retrieved after intercourse only lays Catholic bioethics open to the charge that it is based on an arbitrary set of boundaries discernible only to the well initiated.

It features a patented locking system to securely anchor the catheter in place, which reduces the risk of urethral erosion, bladder spasms and trauma.

During this procedure, Dr. Sharara places sperm, expertly prepared in our state - of - the - art laboratory to optimize fertility, directly into the uterus with a catheter.

Other common side effects of epidurals include: inability to pass urine (and requirement for a urinary catheter) for up to two - thirds of women; 38 itching of the skin (pruritus) for up to two - thirds of women administered an opiate drug via epidural; 39, 40 shivering for up to one in three women; 41 sedation for around one in five women; 42 and nausea and vomiting for one in 20 women.43

An epidural gives inadequate pain relief for 10 to 15 percent of women, 55 and the epidural catheter needs to be reinserted in about 5 percent.56 For around 1 percent of women, the epidural needle punctures the dura (dural tap); this usually causes a severe headache that can last up to six weeks, but can usually be treated by an injection into the epidural space.57, 58

Some children have what is called a Foley catheter placed in the urethra instead of the stent.

When it is in the right place, one disc opens up as the device is moved out of the catheter.

I may have mentioned this before but I was in a rail accident about ten years ago in India and a doctor ordered several nurses to hold me down and insert a Foley catheter that I didn't want or need (in my opinion) I had a broken femur, collarbone and one of those claw like hair clips imbedded in my scalp but being cathed like that is the most painful memory to recall.

An epi may fail if a laboring mom has L&D staff that doesn't try to ease the discomfort of childbirth, or if the anesthesiologist doesn't try to place the needle and catheter in the right spot.

A doctor will place a catheter in the epidural space of the spine for infusion of pain medication and anesthetics.

An anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist performs this form of anesthesia; the procedure starts with a local anesthetic, followed by the insertion of a long needle (used to guide a thin catheter) between two of the lower lumbar vertebrae in your low back.

A member of your medical team will place a catheter in your bladder to empty it of urine.

In patients after 28 weeks of gestation with an intrauterine fetal demise and a prior cesarean scar, cervical ripening with a transcervical Foley catheter has been associated with uterine rupture rates comparable with spontaneous labor (106, 114, 149, 150), and this may be a helpful adjunct in patients with an unfavorable cervical examinatioIn patients after 28 weeks of gestation with an intrauterine fetal demise and a prior cesarean scar, cervical ripening with a transcervical Foley catheter has been associated with uterine rupture rates comparable with spontaneous labor (106, 114, 149, 150), and this may be a helpful adjunct in patients with an unfavorable cervical examinatioin patients with an unfavorable cervical examination.

Having the catheter put in was another violation of privacy where my legs were wide open for all to see while the nurse inserted the catheter.

The price I paid for that transformation was that in the dozen more hours that I labored, I was subjected to a steady stream of interventions: Pitocin, an internal fetal monitor, a catheter.

Treatments include drugs to regulate the electrical pulses in the upper chambers of the heart and 3/4 increasingly 3/4 catheter ablation.

The procedure involves general anesthesia and imaging guided use of a wire catheter threaded through a vein to the heart to make scores of tiny burns of tissue in which the irregular heartbeats arise.

In recent years, the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, has made the repair safer: Physicians place a new valve in the heart via a catheter inserted through the patient's leg, which results in less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgerIn recent years, the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, has made the repair safer: Physicians place a new valve in the heart via a catheter inserted through the patient's leg, which results in less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgerin the heart via a catheter inserted through the patient's leg, which results in less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgerin less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgery.

Loyola University Medical Center is the first hospital in Illinois to offer a new high - tech catheter device that can improve outcomes of patients treated for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat.

«Our study suggests that in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation is an effective alternative treatment that can help patients avoid or discontinue this drug to reduce the risk of these long - term side effects.»

In the new study, 71 percent of patients treated with a surgical procedure called catheter ablation were free of atrial fibrillation, the study's primary endpoint, after two years of follow - up, while only 34 percent of patients who took the antiarrhythmic drug Amiodarone were free of symptoms at that point.

The challenge is to press the catheter firmly enough against the wall of the heart so that sufficient tissue is destroyed, without pushing so hard that the catheter punches a hole in the heart.

Loyola participated in a pivotal, multicenter clinical trial of the pressure - sensing catheter.

In addition to having a higher rate of freedom from atrial fibrillation, participants who underwent catheter ablation also had lower rates of hospitalization and mortality during the two - year follow up.

«For the first time in a randomized study, the strategy of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation may be better than the current approach for these patients.

The dramatic decline at Allegheny occurred despite a near doubling in the use of catheters and a steady increase in the severity of illness of patients in its intensive care unit.

Hospitals not only provide optimum conditions for the evolution of superbugs, but they also provide a plethora of inviting pathways for bacteria to get inside human bodies: open wounds from surgical incisions, catheter tubes running in and out of blood vessels and urinary tracts, and ventilators inserted through noses or throats and into windpipes.

Of the 33,004 patients with an AFL diagnosis (in the absence of an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioOf the 33,004 patients with an AFL diagnosis (in the absence of an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioof an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioof 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablation.

As the catheter is removed, plugs are inserted in the artery and the vein to close the holes made for the temporary connection of the two major blood vessels.

«According to the National Healthcare safety Network, P. aeruginosa causes approximately 10 percent of catheter - associated urinary tract infections each year in the United States,» says Lee.

Having already found bacterial genetic material in urine (as did another team), in their latest work they used catheters to collect urine directly from the bladders of 84 women, half of whom had overactive bladder syndrome, which causes patients to have to urinate frequently.

Because of their role in performing invasive procedures — including airway intubation, bronchoscopy, and venous catheter placement, among others — anesthesiologists have the potential for high - risk exposure and direct contact with EVD patients.

This catheter also has an actively curving function for choosing the direction of propulsion, and a flexing drive function for adjusting to changes in line diameter.

In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, researchers lay out the process they developed for using 3D printing and soft silicone to manufacture items that millions of patients use: ports for draining bodily fluids, implantable bands, balloons, soft catheters, slings and mesheIn a paper published in the journal Science Advances, researchers lay out the process they developed for using 3D printing and soft silicone to manufacture items that millions of patients use: ports for draining bodily fluids, implantable bands, balloons, soft catheters, slings and meshein the journal Science Advances, researchers lay out the process they developed for using 3D printing and soft silicone to manufacture items that millions of patients use: ports for draining bodily fluids, implantable bands, balloons, soft catheters, slings and meshes.

«Mechanical interventions included genital installation of large quantities of iodine solution instilled by urethral or vaginal catheters, or «hot boxes» where a person's body was put in a box to 43 °C to try to kill off the organism and not the host,» Allen says.

But until now, RDN has not been performed in the accessory renal arteries due to their small diameter and the risk of developing a vascular stenosis after catheter ablation.

In a small proof - of - concept study, researchers at Johns Hopkins report a complex mathematical method to measure electrical communications within the heart can successfully predict the effectiveness of catheter ablation, the standard of care treatment for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat disorder.

Ashikaga and his team used a basket - shaped catheter with 64 electrode sensors to measure the heart's electrical communication just before and right after the procedure, and again at six months in 22 patients with an average age of about 64 years treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Healthcare Personnel Education: To reduce overuse, the guidance emphasizes the importance of education among healthcare professionals to highlight alternatives to catheters, as well as stressing the need to question in each patient's individual care plan if the device is actually necessary.

Chronic total occlusion, a complete blockage of the coronary artery, sometimes referred to as the «final frontier in interventional cardiology,» represents a major challenge for catheter - based percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

«In emergency medicine, we use ultrasound to look at every part of the body — to look at blood vessels that we put catheters into, to checking on a trauma patient to see where they're bleeding,» Broder said.

This study sought to create a measure of success for catheter ablation, so that physicians and patients could know immediately following treatment whether it was effective, or whether they'll need to anticipate another procedure in the future.

During PAE, an interventional radiologist makes a tiny incision in either the groin or wrist to insert a catheter (a small tube about the size of a strand of spaghetti) into an artery and, using image guidance, directs the catheter to the blood vessels on both sides of the enlarged prostate gland.

A new study reports that peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) do not reduce the risk of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in hospitalized patients.

«Our study sought to create an accurate predictor and measure of success and we showed that if the procedure improved electrical communication in the heart immediately following catheter ablation, then it can be a read - out for longer term success.»

Of 795 patients randomly assigned to valve replacement by catheter or surgery, 747 patients underwent one of the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arOf 795 patients randomly assigned to valve replacement by catheter or surgery, 747 patients underwent one of the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arof the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arm.

PICCs have become one of the most commonly used central venous catheters (CVCs) in healthcare settings since they are considered easier and safer to use, with less risk of CLABSIs.