Vascular access is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in medicine, with 200 million peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters placed annually in U.S. hospitals to administer fluids, ...

"Ultimate training tool" for UGPIV procedures and best practices upholds rigorous INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice HARTWELL, Ga., April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new ultrasound-guided ...

A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how ...

Dr. Gordon Baltuch and his team check on James Neyhart throughout a procedure that uses a beam of ultrasound waves to stop his hand from trembling. (Kyrie Greenberg/WHYY) James Neyhart, a Vietnam ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POC-US) is increasingly used especially in emergency and critical-care medicine. It is focused, quick and does not expose patients to ionizing radiation. It encompasses all ...

Nurses are being asked for their views about NICE draft guidance on the use of a device to heal fractures. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, learning units, procedures, ...

Purpose: To determine whether transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate is equally reliable and acceptable if performed by urology nurse practitioner or urologist. Conclusion: Transrectal ...

Australian nurse researchers say they have devised a simple method involving ultrasound to place intravenous catheters that will reduce the development of blood clots in cancer patients. Subscribe ...

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Diagnostic breast ultrasound (US) can be an important tool for the early detection of breast cancer in low-resource settings where efficient strategies to refine the likelihood of malignancy among ...