Umbilical artery catheter (UAC) use is common in the management of critically ill neonates; however, little information exists regarding the anatomic and vascular effects of UAC placement in premature ...

A female newborn was born at 30-week gestation to a 19-year-old mother via C-section for placental abruption and fetal bradycardia, at an outside institution. APGAR scores were 3 and 7 at 1 and 5 min, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday classified the recall of some of Cardinal Health Inc's devices, which are used to insert umbilical vein catheters in infants, as the most serious type ...

Typically, an umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein. However, some babies have just one artery and vein. This condition is known as a two-vessel cord diagnosis. Doctors also call this a single ...

The umbilical cord is a three-vessel cord that provides nutrients and oxygen to your baby while they're in the uterus. Usually, the cord doesn’t have any issues, but there are several conditions that ...

Medical catheters are tubes that can be inserted into a body cavity, vessel or duct, usually to allow for the administration of fluids, medications or gases or to drain fluids or urine from the body.