Complications of central venous catheters insertion and exploitation

Percutaneous insertion of central venous feeding catheters.

Since 1968 when Wilmore and Dudrick described normal growth and development in a child receiving all nutrients intravenously,' the practice of total parenteral nutrition in infants and children has become established as a life saving procedure.2 Maintaining the infusion of hypertonic feeding solutions by the use of peripheral veins over anything but short periods is unpleasant for the patients ...

Complications Related to Insertion and Use of Central Venous Catheters (CVC)

INTRODUCTION Central Venous Catheters (CVC) are essential in everyday medical practice, especially in treating patients in intensive care units (ICU). The application of these catheters is accompanied with the risk of complications, such as the complications caused during the CVC insertion, infections at the location of the insertion, and complications during the use of the catheter, sepsis and...

Complications of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters During 72 Hours After Insertion

Introduction: Peripheral Intravenous catheterization is the most commonly used invasive treatment method in patients admitted to the hospitals, but it has some complications. The indwell time of catheter is one of the factors associated with the occurrence of complications, especially phlebitis. In spite of the instructions for replacing the catheters after 72 hours, sometimes the complications...

Air embolism during insertion of central venous catheters.

PURPOSE To determine the clinical consequences of air embolism occurring during insertion of central venous catheters. MATERIALS AND METHODS A computer search of our interventional radiology database revealed that 11,583 central venous catheters were inserted between January 1, 1995 and August 1, 2000: 7,178 were nontunneled and 4,404 were tunneled. Air embolism was reported to have occurred ...

Potentially fatal complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs)