Thrombosis and infections associated with PICC in onco-hematological patients, what is their relevance?
Manuel Sánchez CánovasEsmeralda García TorralbaNoel Blaya BoludaAna Sánchez SauraGabriel Puche PalaoAna Sánchez FuentesLorena Martínez MontesinosCarmen Poveda GangaLucía García TomasJosefa Bayona JiménezÁngeles Cos ZapataCarmen María Muñoz JuradoInmaculada Pina MingoranceMaría Amor Caravaca HernándezVicente Vicente GarcíaFrancisco Ayala de la PeñaPublished in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2024)
Incidence of PICC-associated thrombosis is low and apparently less prognostically aggressive than other forms of thrombosis associated with cancer, without identify predictive factors. Infection was more prevalent and the identification of risk factors in our series could facilitate its prevention.