This patient will require a different type of central catheter. The presence of upper extremity or subclavian thrombosis is another contraindication for bedside PICC insertion, whether or not ...

Heads up!” While Chelsea didn't share the reason behind her wearing the PICC line, Mayo Clinic reports the catheter, used to ...

Researchers describe how they developed a program for home-based management of indwelling PICC to improve patient self-management.

Heads up!” According to the Mayo Clinic, a PICC line, or a peripherally inserted central catheter, is a “long, thin tube that's inserted through a vein in your arm and passed through to the ...

Peripherally inserted central catheters ... to insertion of a PICC. Nurses caring for patients with PICCs must be properly educated in device use, site care, and catheter maintenance, as well ...