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Umbilical venous catheter and peripherally inserted central catheter malposition and tip migration in neonates: A mixed methods cost analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
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.
Arun M Jones, Suzanna Mongan, Amanda Ullman, Deanne August, Elizabeth Sharpe, Angela A Alderman, Darcy Doellman, Caitlin Anders, Kacey Wiseman, Cheryl Gillette, Hansoo Kim, Joshua Byrnes   +11 more
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Peripherally inserted central catheter line-induced fevers: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
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 ...
Catherine van’t Hoff, Benjamin H. L. Harris, Ahilan Kailaya-Vasan, Michael B. Fertleman, Louis J. Koizia   +4 more
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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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Surgical repair of peripherally inserted central catheter extravasation via a transmanubrial approach [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
The transmanubrial approach (TMA) offers great exposure for managing complex superior mediastinal pathology while preserving functional anatomy. Here, we report a case of extravascular perforation caused by peripherally inserted central catheter with ...
Masashi Bungo, MD, Hisashi Uemura, MD, PhD, Akifumi Nakamura, MD, PhD, Taichi Sakaguchi, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Cardiac tamponade in a newborn caused by a peripherally inserted central catheter: case report [PDF]

Einstein (São 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.
Carolina Tenfen, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo Casacio, Maria Fernanda Munhak da Silva, Graziely Masotti Scalabrin Barreto, Adriana Zilly, Rosane Meire Munhak da Silva   +5 more
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Opportunities to Reduce Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Utilization [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
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 ...
Rija Alvi, Anita Shallal, Geehan Suleyman   +2 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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Effect of Simulation-Based Education on Nurses' Performance and Satisfaction regarding Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 2022
Background: Peripherally inserted central catheter is an essential device used frequently in neonatal intensive care units for critically ill neonates who need continuous monitoring and resuscitation treatments.
Sabra Ahmed, Hanan Mohammed, Mana l Ayed, Fathia El-Ghadban, Fatma Amin   +4 more
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