The purpose of this survey was to collect data regarding the policies and practices of NICUs in the United States concerning medication administration through UACs and umbilical venous catheters ...

Central venous catheters are frequently used in babies in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)—providing key nutrition, ...

Umbilical venous catheters (UVCs) are frequently used in preterm or ill neonates to administer parenteral nutrition and medications. However, their use can lead to complications such as infections, ...

Background Umbilical venous catheters (UVCs) are associated with thrombus formation. Most studies on thrombosis in infants with UVCs focus on only one part of the route, and none assessed a control ...

The survey instrument was approved by expedited review of our medical center's institutional review board. In November 2000, 311 NICUs having greater than 25 beds were identified from the United ...

Correspondence to Dr Liron Borenstein-Levin, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa 3109601, Israel; liron.boren{at}gmail.com ...

But, as a Cochrane review did not conclude that early removal of umbilical venous catheters reduced the risk of infection (33), the absence of difference in CLASBI rate between the two groups leads us ...