Improving the visibility of the institution, researchers, and publications by introducing specific identifiers (PIDs)

In the course of 2021, the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) has decided to give further thought to improving the visibility of these publications. This has led it to develop a project to set up three types of PIDs - one for the institution, another for researchers and the third for the publications themselves. The purpose of this text is to retrace the various stages in the project's implementation and to share the initial findings

Experience with a totally implantable catheter in adult patients: a single institution retrospective study of 114 cases.

One hundred and fourteen consecutive totally implantable catheters were inserted in 114 patients between April 1984 and April 1987. Catheters were inserted under neuroleptanalgesia, through the jugular vein in 101 cases or the internal saphenous vein in 13 cases. No problem was encountered during the insertion procedure. Infection occurred in 5.2% of the patients but removal of the device was required in only 2.6%. Occlusion of the catheter occurred in 6.1% of the patients but never during the first 2 months. This complication rate is lower than the one observed with external tunnelled catheters. The comfort of the patient is substantially improved and nursing care is greatly facilitated