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Published in: Critical Care 2/2012

01-04-2012 | Letter

Peripherally inserted central catheters: a walk down memory lane ...

Authors: Jack JM Ligtenberg, Mirjam Holman, Matijs van Meurs, Jan C ter Maaten, Jan G Zijlstra

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 2/2012

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Central venous catheters (CVCs) are essential in the treatment of critically ill patients. For skilled intensive care unit (ICU) physicians, insertion of these catheters in large central veins is routine practice. Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) were used in the early phase of intensive care as a surrogate for centrally inserted lines by less experienced physicians and in some departments (for example, hematology) with very specific patient categories. With the development of the ICU, peripherally inserted lines have been abandoned for more than two decades, at least in our center. Many bleeding and more serious local complications occurred. In more skilled hands, these lines were also not very popular, because of spasm of the vein, a tendency to take the wrong route (to the head), and thrombosis of the vein in up to 8% of patients [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Peripherally inserted central catheters: a walk down memory lane ...
Authors
Jack JM Ligtenberg
Mirjam Holman
Matijs van Meurs
Jan C ter Maaten
Jan G Zijlstra
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 2/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11210

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