Chapter 15 Catheter and Port Removal: Techniques and Follow-Up Care Janice Newsome Jaime Tisnado The use of central venous catheters has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. These devices…
Chapter 14 Central Venous Access Catheter Infections: An Overview Robert D. Lyon Allen Meglin Long-term central venous access devices represent a major advance in medical care, allowing continuous access to…
Chapter 12 Catheter Care Philip C. Pieters Melinda Pyle Jaime Tisnado This chapter discusses primarily the nursing tasks that need to be carried out long after the physician has placed…
Chapter 9 Placement of Central Catheters in Specific Circumstances Philip C. Pieters Jaime Tisnado Several specific entities, some of which do not appear to be related to each other, are…
Chapter 1 Establishing (and Maintaining) a Venous Access Service Philip C. Pieters William J. Miller A more appropriate title of this chapter might have been Maintaining (and Establishing) a Venous…
