Clinical study of complications of a peripherally inserted central catheter in cancer patients.

André Luis Victor BonfimGermana Alves de BritoAline Lourenço BaptistaLuis André Silvestre AndradeMarina Harume ImanisheBenedito Jorge Pereira

Published in: Nursing open (2023)

A total of 359 patients (53.5% men) with 43.1 ± 14 years who had a PICC (88% with solid tumours) were evaluated. The most common complications were mechanical complications (61.2%), infection (38%), and thrombosis (57.1%). Patients with double-lumen catheters experienced thrombosis (85.7%). This study demonstrated the effectiveness of PICC and that patients with haematological cancer are more prone to multiple PICC passages and more mechanical complications and infections.

Keyphrases

risk factors
pulmonary embolism
randomized controlled trial
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
clinical trial
double blind
patient reported