Vascular catheterization is increasingly carried out in laboratory mice, but the long-term patency of catheters implanted in mice is limited owing to their small size. The authors compared mice that ...

Urinary tract catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients, but they often lead to bacterial infections. Researchers have now developed a biocompatible copolymer that could prevent bacteria from ...

Silver-based antimicrobials may not be living up to their reputation when it comes to combating hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), Gertrude Gutierrez, a microbiologist at Innova Dynamics (San ...

This article, the first in a six-part series on urinary catheters, explains the reasons for catheterisation, the procedure for catheter selection and common complications associated with indwelling ...

Preliminary Results From a Phase II Trial of Conformal Radiation Therapy and Evaluation of Radiation-Related CNS Effects for Pediatric Patients With Localized Ependymoma Between September 1999 and May ...