Given its robust association with cancer-related death, CRBSI should be prioritized in PICC-related complication surveillance and management protocols. Catheter-related bloodstream infection ...

Whereas with the PICC line we are all indifferent ... even among those who had experienced painful placement procedures and device complications. So it [Port] hasn’t worked for me, but if it had ...

The type of access used was central line 53%, midline 22%, standard dedicated peripheral cannula 21%, PICC line 2% and unknown in 2%. Insertion of the feeding line was documented in the notes in 75%.

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

The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology have issued a joint scientific statement detailing the guiding ...

She did x-rays every 12 hours and had a PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter) put in her thigh to administer her medicines. The PICC line is a long and thin flexible tube that’s ...

In both groups, the replacement of artificial liver catheter dressings was performed by nurses certified in specialized ...

He left the hospital with a sling on his right arm and a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), and only finished his antibiotics last week. McAvoy of course missed the final two games of ...

When he left Mass General on Feb. 20, his right arm was propped up in a sling, while a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) was fixed in place to regularly administer antibiotics to his ...