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Antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters for preventing neonatal bloodstream infection: the PREVAIL RCT [PDF]

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
BACKGROUND: Clinical trials show that antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters reduce catheter-related bloodstream infection in adults and children receiving intensive care, but there is insufficient evidence for use in newborn babies ...
Bojke, L, Brown, M, Donohue, C, Dorling, J, Faria, R, Fraser, C, Gamble, C, Gilbert, R, Gray, J, Grosso, A, Harron, K, McGuire, W, Moitt, T, Muller-Pebody, B, Oddie, SJ, Rainford, N, Sinha, AK   +16 more
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Peripherally inserted central catheter line-induced fevers: a case report. [PDF]

J Med Case Rep
Background Peripherally inserted central catheter lines are increasingly common as medical innervation advances. Peripherally inserted central catheter lines are generally well tolerated with few complications, the most common being pain, bleeding, line ...
Van't Hoff C, Harris BHL, Kailaya-Vasan A, Fertleman MB, Koizia LJ.   +4 more
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Umbilical venous catheter and peripherally inserted central catheter malposition and tip migration in neonates: A mixed methods cost analysis. [PDF]

Int J Nurs Stud Adv
Background: Hospitalized neonates require reliable vascular access for life-saving care. The costs associated with their clinical management, and which aspects of care these costs are attributable to, is not well-known.
Jones AM, Mongan S, Ullman A, August D, Sharpe E, Alderman AA, Doellman D, Anders C, Wiseman K, Gillette C, Kim H, Byrnes J.   +11 more
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Cardiac tamponade in a newborn caused by a peripherally inserted central catheter: case report. [PDF]

Einstein (Sao Paulo)
This article describes the occurrence of cardiac tamponade in a premature newborn after the use of a peripherally inserted central catheter at a university hospital in Brazil.
Tenfen C, Casacio GDM, Silva MFMD, Barreto GMS, Zilly A, Silva RMMD.   +5 more
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Opportunities to Reduce Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Utilization [PDF]

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
Background: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) remain an important, preventable healthcare-associated infection. Prolonged catheterization is a major risk factor, and avoidance and prompt removal of unnecessary central lines (CL ...
Alvi R, Shallal A, Suleyman G.
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A modified method for measuring the length of peripherally inserted central catheters to reduce the risk of malposition during catheter insertion

SAGE Open Medicine, 2023
Background: Malposition may occur during peripherally inserted central catheter insertion. Accurately measuring the length of a peripherally inserted central catheter is crucial to preventing malposition, including “long peripherally inserted central ...
Tung-Chi Yeh, Chia-Min Chen, Chih-Hung Cheng, Chau-Chyun Sheu, Ming-Ju Tsai, Wei-An Chang   +5 more
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D‐dimer level for ruling out peripherally inserted central catheter‐associated upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and superficial vein thrombosis

Nursing Open, 2022
Aims To examine the effectiveness of D‐dimer values to be used as an independent diagnostic marker for excluding peripherally inserted central catheter‐associated upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and superficial vein thrombosis.
Wanli Liu, Lianxiang He, Wenjing Zeng, Liqing Yue, Jie Wei, Shuangshuang Zeng, Xiang Wang, Zhicheng Gong   +7 more
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Total parenteral nutrition pleural effusion after peripherally inserted central venous catheter insertion despite fluoroscopic confirmation

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Peripherally inserted central catheters are frequently used for durable central venous access for nutrition. Depending on the medical and surgical history, there are times when a person’s vasculature has become scarred or stenotic due to multiple ...
Michael Yang, Angelena Lopez
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Retrieving embolized peripherally inserted central catheter – A novel two step technique

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
We report a novel two-step percutaneous endovascular technique for retrieval of peripherally inserted central catheter, free ends of which were inaccessible, that had embolized to the segmental branch of left pulmonary artery using SIM 1 catheter and a ...
Shikha Sood, MD, FGIR (AIIMS, New Delhi), S Srinivasan, MD   +1 more
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Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter in Trauma Patients: Early Experience at a Single Institute [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2017
Purpose: A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) provides effective, reliable intravenous access in patients who require long term therapy such as intravenous antibiotics, total parenteral nutrition, transfusion or inotropic agents.
Gil Hwan Kim, Sang Bong Lee, Jae Hun Kim, Chan Kyu Lee   +3 more
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