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Peripherally inserted central catheter thrombosis after placement via electrocardiography vs traditional methods – MD Linx
MDLinx original journal summary on Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine from American Journal of Medicine

Given the association of peripherally inserted central catheter tip placement at the cavoatrial junction with reduced catheter-related deep vein thrombosis and improvement in the accuracy of tip placement with electrocardiographic tip confirmation, researchers here examined if this approach can decrease deep vein thrombosis. They analyzed data of a total of 42,687 peripherally inserted central catheters (21,098 radiology vs 21,589 electrocardiographic) inserted at 52 Michigan hospitals. Outcomes…
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