Open Access 16-01-2024 | Antibiotic | RESEARCH
The success rate and complications of midline catheters in pediatric outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 4/2024
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What is Known: • For selected patients, pediatric outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is safe and provides health-economic, psychosocial, and medical advantages compared to in-hospital care. • A reliable venous access is one of the key factors to the success of OPAT, but this can be a challenge in children. | |
What is New: • Using midline catheters, 76% of patients could complete their intended iv therapy without the need for additional venous access. Avoiding saphenous vein insertion and using longer and larger-sized catheters could increase the success rate. • Thirty-four percent of catheters were subject to some kind of complication, the most common being pain on injection in the catheter. |