A central line (or central venous catheter) is like an intravenous (IV) line. But it is much longer than a regular IV and goes all the way up to a vein near the heart or just inside the heart. A ...

A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line) is a type of central line. A central line (also called a central venous catheter) is like an intravenous (IV) line. But it is much longer than a ...

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in our hospital that were associated with intracardiac central venous catheter (CVC) tips. A review of guidelines highlighted the lack of guidance about optimal CVC position. Because of the potential ...

Proper landmarking via chest X-ray for central venous catheter (CVC) placement (above the right mainstem ... small details that led us to discover the misplaced line.

However, these results can be misleading particularly in the absence of concomitant peripheral and central line blood cultures. Catheter tip cultures should not be submitted to the laboratory unless ...

Methods We searched the English-language literature (MEDLINE to Sept 2014) for prospective evaluations of the central line bundle (hand hygiene, chlorhexidine skin antisepsis, maximum sterile barrier ...

2 Central line migration into the AV is a very rare complication.3 This can cause various complications like malfunction of the catheter, perforation, thrombosis, haemorrhage, infection and stenosis ...

Central venous catheters ... as the new triple-lumen catheter was being advanced into place over the guidewire, the wire slipped and was noted to float into the catheter. There were no immediate ...