Equivalent success and complication rates of tunneled common femoral venous catheter placed in the interventional suite vs. at patient bedside.

In a cohort of children receiving primary femoral tunneled central venous catheters, the complication and infection rates in a bedside setting are not significantly increased compared to the lines placed in an IR suite. The perception of increased infection and complications from bedside-placed tunneled central venous catheters appears to be hyperbolized.