Peripherally inserted central venous catheters are a good option for prolonged venous access in children with cancer

Pediatric Blood & Cancer
Sarfraz Abedin, Gauri Kapoor

Abstract

A long term venous access device is essential in children with malignancies for the safe administration of medication and to avoid repeated painful venipunctures. The advantage of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) over conventional central venous catheter (CVC) is easy bedside insertion without need for general anesthesia and theatre time. The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with PICCs particularly with regard to catheter life, reason for removal and complications in children suffering from various malignancies. A retrospective analysis of all PICCs inserted in children with cancer was done with regard to the demographic data, catheter life, reason for removal, and complications. The latter two were evaluated in association with patient age, catheter days, and year of insertion. Of 127 catheters inserted in 127 children, median catheter life was 161 days with a total of 18,955 catheter days (for 124 patients, 3 lost to follow-up). Elective removal occurred in 63/101 (62.4%) PICCs and removal due to complications resulted in a complication rate of 2.41 per 1,000 catheter days. The common reasons for catheter removal were suspected infection, breakage/leakage, dislodgement, phlebitis, and ...Continue Reading

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