Most data available in the adult and pediatric literature on the incidence of deep vein thrombosis concern centrally inserted venous catheters, which are inserted directly in a central vein (jugular, ...

A 46-year-old man with sickle cell disease was assessed in our outpatient clinic for right neck pain. To facilitate venous access for manual exchange transfusions and iron chelation therapy, a central ...

The risk of catheter colonization at the time of catheter removal did not differ significantly between the femoral and jugular groups (incidence of 40.8 vs. 35.7 per 1,000 catheter-days).

For the study, researchers randomly assigned 3,027 patients to have catheters placed in one of three locations: nontunneled central venous catheterization to the subclavian, jugular, or femoral vein.