venous access device

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• central venous access catheter — A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs. It also can be used to obtain blood samples. This device avoids the need for separate needle insertions for each infusion or blood test. Examples… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Central venous catheter — In medicine, a central venous catheter (CVC or central venous line or central venous access catheter ) is a catheter placed into a large vein in the neck (internal jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein) or groin (femoral vein). It is used to… …   Wikipedia

• Peripheral venous catheter — thumb|right|Standard catheter. 1. The catheter itself is composed of (a) a tip for insertion into the vein, (b) wings for manual handling and securing the catheter with adhesives, (c) a valve to allow injection of drugs with a syringe, (d) an end …   Wikipedia

• VAD — • venous access device; • ventricular assist device; • vinblastine and dexamethasone; • virus adjusting diluent; • vitamin A deficiency …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• Port (medical) — Port a Cath with needle assembly inserted. Chest X r …   Wikipedia

• VAD — Ventricular assist device, a mechanical pump that takes over the function of the damaged ventricle of the heart and restores normal blood flow. Left ventricular assist devices were developed for patients with heart disease from which they were… …   Medical dictionary

• HyperCVAD — is a chemotherapy regimen used to treat some forms of leukemia, non Hodgkin lymphoma (high grade) and lymphoblastic lymphoma.ummaryThe term hyper refers to the hyperfractionated nature of the chemotherapy, which is given in smaller doses, more… …   Wikipedia

• CVAD — Central Venous Access Device (Medical » Physiology) …   Abbreviations dictionary

• Intravenous therapy — or IV therapy is the giving of liquid substances directly into a vein. It can be intermittent or continuous; continuous administration is called an intravenous drip. The word intravenous simply means within a vein , but is most commonly used to… …   Wikipedia

• ICD-9-CM Volume 3 — is a system of procedural codes. It is a subset of ICD 9 CM (volumes 1 and 2 are used for diagnostic codes.) The United States National Center for Health Statistics drafted ICD 10 PCS in 2000 as a potential replacement for ICD 9 CM Volume 3, but… …   Wikipedia

• Therapeutic hypothermia — This article is about deliberately induced cooling. For the adverse condition of Hypothermia, see Hypothermia. Therapeutic hypothermia Intervention ICD 10 PCS 6A4 OPS 301 code …   Wikipedia