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Outcomes associated with peripherally inserted central catheters in hospitalised children: a retrospective 7-year single-centre experience.

Aditya V BadhekaJodi BloxhamApril SchmitzBarbara FreyenbergerTong WangSankeerth RampaJennifer TuriVeerasathpurush AllareddyMarcelo AuslenderVeerajalandhar Allareddy
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
The majority of PICCs were successfully placed by ARNPs on the first attempt and had a low incidence of complications. Infants required more attempts for successful PICC placement than older children. The presence of residual external catheter length and placement in the operating room were independent predictors of CLABSI in younger children.
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