AUSTIN, Texas -- It wasn't use of prophylactic antibiotics, but certain patient factors that appeared to affect infection rates in the 30 days after chest port placement, researchers found in a large ...

Central VADs are soft catheters with the distal tip placed in the superior vena cava. The catheter can stay in place for days, weeks, months, or even years. The goal of a central VAD is to maintain ...

Bone mineral density in childhood cancer survivors (CCS). Background: The aims of this prospective randomized study were two-fold: To estimate the incidence of overall venous thrombosis (VT) including ...