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Portocath
Is there someone who focusses on finding access to vascular system after some veins have been blocked and portocath needs to be replaced
24.03.2014
Maintenance of portacath
Hello, What are the recommendations for maintaining a portacath in order to keep its effectiveness? Are there any care practices to use between antibiotic cures? Thank you for your answers. Sincerely, a patient with cystic fibrosis.
20.02.2014
Home i.v. - peripheral venous catheter or butterfly
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I have just had a home i.v. therapy. As this has been my first i.v. therapy, I have been stayed 2.5 of the 14 days in hospital, the rest of the time at home. The infusion of daily 3 x 2g meropenem was running over the whole time through a peripheral venous catheter. I ...
14.01.2014
Training to perform intravenous antibiotic treatment - traning for care for relatives
My husband has CF. It's more and more difficult to find nurses who agree to stay at home during the time intravenous antibiotics are given. I would like to receive training and be allowed to prepare and perform the intravenous antibiotics. Could you tell me if this kind of training exists and if ...
19.06.2013
antibiotic treatment
My CF child has already had 5 Port-A-Caths (PAC), 4 of them were removed because of infectious problems. The last one was really the last one because all his vascular network was totally sclerosed. Unfortunately, this PAC has been moved accidently by his school teacher and it was also removed. ...
26.03.2013
Portacath
Hello, my daughter should get a portacath due to her poor veins. Are there any alternatives to the location near the calvicle as she does not want to have the portacath at the viewing area of the cleavage. And are the possible alternatives as secure resp. not more painful? Many thanks, M.
29.01.2013
Vessel problems with i.v. therapy
Dear experts, I am 31 years old and currently in the second CF stage, and before all else, let me say that a port is not yet an option for me. I have already had several i.v. therapies, although the last three have not been completely without problems. The therapies as such were successful, but ...
30.07.2012
CF and vein situation
My three years old daughter has CF and Pseudomonas infection. Therefore we often go for intravenous treatment. I want to ask, if there is something for hardening of the veins, because our daughter must very often go for repunctureing and her veins burst very often. Thank you very much.
22.11.2011
PICC line for babies, for intravenous antibiotic treatment
Hello, Could you explain the benefits of this system in an IV treatment (benefits, risks, what it is, how is this set up), for children under 3 years? thank you in advance
19.09.2011
Nutrition via port
Dear expert team, I am 21 years old and weigh about 38 kilogramms. Not enough! For this reason my physician wants me to agree on a PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gatrostomy). However this is not in my interest. Since September 2009 I have a port, as I need an iv-therapy more and more often; I am ...
21.04.2010