Central catheter-related thrombosis prediction in children – Full Text
“A prediction model for CRT in children with CVC was established based on catheter time, sex, diseases, postoperative, and catheter vein. The nomogram based on logistic regression model showed favorable predictive performance” Xie et al (2024).
Catheter linked thrombosis in neonates – Full Text
“Many factors should be considered in prediction of patients at risk of thrombosis including sepsis, femoral line insertion, low platelet count and PRBCs-transfusions. In our analysis, PRBCs-transfusion through peripheral intravenous lines (PIVs) was the strongest factor associated with CVC-linked thrombosis” Farag et al (2024).
Central venous catheter-related thrombosis in the presence of paraplegia or tetraplegia
“These results suggest (a) that the presence of paraplegia or tetraplegia is not necessarily associated with an increased risk of CRT, (b) that the adoption of well-designed insertion bundles plays a key role in minimizing non-infectious complications, and (c) that the insertion of FICCs by direct cannulation of the superficial femoral vein at mid-thigh in paraplegic/tetraplegic patients may have the same advantages which have been described in the general population”
Thromboembolism after removal of tunnelled central venous haemodialysis catheter
“There was no evidence of fatal or non-fatal PE’s occurring in the 7 days following TCVC removal. This would support the practice of removing TCVCs without the need for ultrasound screening and without a period of systemic anticoagulation” Macpherson et al (2024).
Prevention and management of catheter-related thrombosis in sickle cell disease – Full Text
“Indwelling CVADs (CVCs) require a surgical procedure for insertion, but have lower infection rates and present much simpler and quicker access on transfusion days and at other times. These are often therefore the preferred option for this patient cohort. However, catheter-associated VTE is a common and significant complication in these patients” Woodward et al (2024).
VTE risk assessment model for inpatients with cancer – Full Text
“This study developed a new VTE risk assessment model – Alfalfa-inpatient-CAT model – for hospitalized cancer patients at high risk of thrombosis” Chen et al (2024).
PICC-related thrombosis in patients with liver cancer – Full Text
“Age, KPS score, parenteral nutrition, TNM staging, distant metastasis, bone marrow suppression, and activities of daily living impairment are independent risk factors for PICC-related thrombosis in hospitalized patients with liver cancer, while catheter duration is a protective factor for the disease” Chen et al (2024).
Central venous catheter-related thrombosis in critically ill patients – Full Text
“Almost all CVCs in the internal jugular vein in critically ill surgical patients developed an asymptomatic CRT in the first days after catheterization” Gibb et al (2024).
Predicting PICC-related deep vein thrombosis
“This study aims to use patient feature and catheterization technology feature variables to train the corresponding machine learning (ML) models to predict peripherally inserted central catheters-deep vein thrombosis (PICCs-DVT) and analyze the importance of the two types of features to PICCs-DVT from the aspect of “input-output” correlation” Sheng and Gao (2024).
CVC-associated venous thromboembolism in children
“Our objective was to study the proportion of children developing Catheter-related thrombosis (CRT) following central venous Catheter (CVC) insertion and the risk factors of CRT in pediatric patients with CVC” Narayan et al (2024).
Catheter-associated deep venous thrombosis in adults with inflammatory bowel disease – Full Text
“Our study shows that CADVT risk is nearly three times higher with PICCs compared with tunneled catheters. We recommend tunneled catheter placement for patients with IBD who require HPN infusion greater than 30 days” Siddiqui et al (2024).
Preventing catheter-related thrombosis in infants after cardiac surgery
“This study was to determine the effect of continuous UFH infusion on asymptomatic CRT at discharge in infants after cardiac surgery” Tan et al (2024).
PICC associated UEDVT related to ABO blood type – Full Text
“According to the results from our single center analysis, we found that myelosuppression, radiotherapy, hematologic tumor, and non-O blood type were independent risk factors for symptomatic PICC related thrombosis” Wu et al (2024).
Incidence of catheter-related thrombosis in critically ill patients – Full Text
“In critically ill patients, prevalence and incidence of catheter-related thrombosis were high. Catheter-related thrombosis was not associated with catheter-related infections, but was associated with pulmonary embolism and a decreased mortality risk” Smit et al (2024).
Incidence of PICC-associated thrombosis
“Incidence of PICC-associated thrombosis is low and apparently less prognostically aggressive than other forms of thrombosis associated with cancer, without identify predictive factors” Sánchez Cánovas et al (2024).
UEDVT in septic shock patients with multiple CVC – Full Text
“Our study suggests that the elevated risk of VTE is likely associated with the insertion of the hemodialysis catheters rather than solely the presence of two concurrent catheters” Trebuian et al (2024).
Should ICU patients be screened for UEDVT – Full Text
“This article reviews data collected from observational studies that have performed bedside duplex ultrasound for surveillance of CCRT and discuss if we should routinely screen for CCRT” Shepherd and Carle (2024).
Central venous access device-related thrombosis in children – Full Text
“This is the latest systematic review of risk factors and incidence of CRT in children. A total of 47 studies involving 262,587 patients were included in our meta-analysis, according to which the pooled prevalence of CRT was 9.1%. This study identified several of the most critical risk factors affecting CRT in children, including D-dimer, insertion location, type of catheter, number of lumens, catheter indwelling time, and central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)” Fu et al (2024).
Risk assessment models for PICC-related venous thrombosis
“This review aims to compare the performance of available risk assessment models (RAMs) for predicting peripherally inserted central catheter-related venous thrombosis (PICC-RVT) in adult patients with cancer” Hu et al (2024).
Risk factors of PICC-related thrombosis – Full Text
“The incidence rate of peripherally inserted central catheter-related thrombosis in breast cancer patients was 7.0% (95% confidence interval: 4.0-13.0%). Body mass index ≥ 25, D-dimer >500 ng/ml, elevated fibrinogen, elevated platelet count and catheter malposition were risk factors for peripherally inserted central catheter-related thrombosis in breast cancer patients” Meng et al (2024).
Risk of PICC-associated deep venous thrombosis – Full Text
“PICC is a safe and suitable intravenous device for medium and long-term therapy, with low rates of DVT even in a cohort of critically ill and cancer patients” Silva et al (2024).
PICC-related thrombosis in solid neoplasm patients – Full Text
“This study aims to assess the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided management in detecting and treating asymptomatic CRT in cancer patients with PICC” Cominacini et al (2024).
Treatment of UEDVT using apixaban – Full Text
“After 66 days of oral apixaban, the thrombus completely dissolved, the CV catheter was removed, and no recurrence was observed for 8.5 months” Matsunaga et al (2024).
Cancer-associated thrombosis risk assessment
“Machine learning (ML) is a novel technique used for the diagnosis and prognosis of several diseases, including cancer-associated thrombosis, when trained on specific diagnostic modalities. Consolidating the literature on the use of ML for the prediction of cancer-associated thrombosis is necessary to understand its diagnostic and prognostic abilities relative to KS” El-Sherbini et al (2024).
PICC-related venous thrombosis in patients with lymphoma – Full Text
“The objective of this study is to examine the risk factors associated with the occurrence of PICC-Related Venous Thrombosis (PICC-RVTE) in individuals diagnosed with lymphoma, as well as to develop a predictive risk nomogram model” Wang et al (2024).
VTE prophylaxis in cancer patients with CVC – Full Text
“The introduction of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), with its proven efficacy and safety in multiple clinical indications, have renewed the attention to VTE prophylaxis in cancer patients with CVC” Abdel-Razeq and Al-Jaghbeer (2024).
Central venous catheter-related thrombosis guidelines – Full Text
“The overall quality of the guidelines is high, but there are few preventive measures for central venous CRT involved in the guidelines. All preventive measures have yet to be systematically integrated and evaluated, and no risk assessment scale dedicated to this field has been recommended” Zhang et al (2024).
PICC-related UEDVT prediction model
“The risk of PICC-related UEDVT can be estimated and predicted relatively accurately by using the method of ML modeling, so as to effectively reduce the incidence of PICC-related UEDVT in the future” Hu et al (2024).
Embolisms caused by central venous catheter thrombus – Full Text
“Here, we report a case of simultaneous coronary and lower limb artery embolism in a PFO patient carrier of a CVC. The patient presented to the hospital with acute chest pain and lower limb fatigue. Doppler ultrasound showed a large thrombus in the right internal jugular vein, precisely at the tip of the CVC” Li et al (2024).
Venous thromboembolism management in people with cystic fibrosis
“Nine PwCF with a total of 12 unique VTE episodes were included in the study, with all but one episode associated with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)” Abbinanti et al (2023).