Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

This was a cohort study [20] of IJ and SC CVC insertions by 41 second- and third-year internal medicine residents rotating through the MICU in a university-affiliated program from October 2006 to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with severe thrombocytopenia who did not receive prophylactic transfusion before catheter placement had ...

In patients with severe thrombocytopenia, whether prophylactic transfusion is needed to prevent bleeding complications related to central venous catheter placement is unclear. New research findings ...

Use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in children may significantly increase their risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), a recent study published online today in the journal Blood ...

Quality of Life in Women With Breast Cancer During the First Year After Random Assignment to Adjuvant Treatment With Marrow-Supported High-Dose Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide, Thiotepa, and ...

The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a grant of $698,178 to two assistant professors at Penn State in University Park, Pa., for their research ...