Insertion Site
The study categorized insertion sites as head and neck veins, upper limb veins, or lower limb veins. In thoracic disease patients, the important malposition-rate difference was between head and neck access and limb access sites. In abdomin…
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The study categorized insertion sites as head and neck veins, upper limb veins, or lower limb veins. In thoracic disease patients, the important malposition-rate difference was between head and neck access and limb access sites. In abdominal disease patients, head and neck veins differed significantly from both upper and lower limb veins after correction. Insertion site was the key independent risk factor for primary non-central PICC tip malposition.