British Journal of Cancer - Hickman catheter and implantable port devices for the delivery of chemotherapy: ... There were 30 line occlusions, 19 in 15 Hickman patients and 11 in 6 TIVAS patients.

Dr. Robert O. Hickman, a pediatric nephrologist and inventor of a catheter that revolutionized care for cancer patients, died on April 4. He was 92. In the 1970s, Hickman was a founding member of the ...

Gradually, Hickman placed more Broviac catheters in transplant patients, and he credits Hutch nurses who played a critical role in the evolution of the device. "The nurses said, 'Well, this is nice, ...

A tunnelled central venous catheter (often known as a Hickman line) is a long, fine, hollow silicone tube with an opening at each end. The tip of the tube is inserted into the superior vena cava. A ...

The first apheresis was interrupted by repeated inlet line pressure alarms. ... Hickman catheters clots: A common occurrence despite daily heparin flushing Cancer Treat Rep 1987 71: 651–653.

This review focuses on the management of CLABSI in children, outside the neonatal period, who have long-term tunneled CVCs (eg, Broviac or Hickman catheters, Bard Access Systems, Salt Lake City ...

Darren Carter had a Hickman line inserted into the right side of his chest in March 2020. "But by November 2017 I was being violently sick again.