Umbilical Catheters In Newborns: Indications, Complications And Imaging Diagnosis

Aims: To review the latest literature on umbilical catheterization including its indications, complications, and diagnostic imaging for verification of catheter position. Methods: The PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS databases were searched using the following keywords and the corresponding terms in Portuguese: umbilical catheters; radiological examination; ultrasonography; newborn; and neonatal intensive care. Classic textbooks on neonatology were also reviewed. Results: A total of 51 articles, four classic textbooks, and one manual dealing with venous and arterial umbilical catheterization in neonates were selected. We reviewed the indications, new insertion techniques, complications, risk factors and, diagnostic imaging, with emphasis on the anatomic landmarks used for determination of catheter tip position. Conclusions: Umbilical catheterization is an important access to the bloodstream of the newborn, and diagnostic imaging plays a key role in the assessment of catheter tip position, thus enabling immediate management and preventing complications in cases of misplacement.25

Umbilical catheters in newborns: indications, complications and imaging diagnosis

To review the latest literature on umbilical catheterization including its indications, complications, and diagnostic imaging for verification of catheter position. The PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS databases were searched using the following keywords and the corresponding terms in Portuguese: umbilical catheters; radiological examination; ultrasonography; newborn; and neonatal intensive care. Classic textbooks on neonatology were also reviewed. A total of 51 articles, four classic textbooks, and one manual dealing with venous and arterial umbilical catheterization in neonates were selected. We reviewed the indications, new insertion techniques, complications, risk factors and, diagnostic imaging, with emphasis on the anatomic landmarks used for determination of catheter tip position. Umbilical catheterization is an important access to the bloodstream of the newborn, and diagnostic imaging plays a key role in the assessment of catheter tip position, thus enabling immediate management and preventing complications in cases of misplacement25

Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy With Subcortical Cysts (mlc) - A Case With Clinical And Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mri) Dissociation.

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Umbilical catheters in newborns: indications, complications and imaging diagnosis

Aims: To review the latest literature on umbilical catheterization including its indications, complications, and diagnostic imaging for verification of catheter position. Methods: The PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS databases were searched using the following keywords and the corresponding terms in Portuguese: umbilical catheters; radiological examination; ultrasonography; newborn; and neonatal intensive care. Classic textbooks on neonatology were also reviewed. Results: A total of 51 articles, four classic textbooks, and one manual dealing with venous and arterial umbilical catheterization in neonates were selected. We reviewed the indications, new insertion techniques, complications, risk factors and, diagnostic imaging, with emphasis on the anatomic landmarks used for determination of catheter tip position. Conclusions: Umbilical catheterization is an important access to the bloodstream of the newborn, and diagnostic imaging plays a key role in the assessment of catheter tip position, thus enabling immediate management and preventing complications in cases of misplacement

Development and application of a portable device for cutaneous thermal sensitivity assessment: Characterizing the neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury

Neuropathic pain is characterized to arise due to injury or dysfunction of Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems, without stimulation of nociceptors, being one of the major problems following spinal cord injury (SCI). It involves altered mechanisms of impulse transmission in somatosensory pathways, causing abnormal sensations. Quantitative and qualitative sensory tests, by the detection of tactile and thermal stimuli and McGill Pain Questionnaire, are methods used to characterize and study the neuropathic pain. Therefore, this work describes the development and application of a portable device for cutaneous thermal sensitivity assessment in spinal cord injured subjects (SCIS). Using method of levels, the assessment was applied in healthy subjects and SCIS with and without neuropathic pain. The thresholds determined for healthy subjects during thermal sensitivity assessment are consistent and other results provided by clinical trials are according to previous works, demonstrating the device feasibility as an auxiliary tool for neuropathic pain study4524153CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQFUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESPsem informação6th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 20132013-02-11Barcelona, Espanh