Bijan Teja, Nicholas A Bosch, Calvin Diep, Tiago V Pereira, Paolo Mauricio, Michael C Sklar, Ashwin Sankar, Harindra C Wijeysundera, Refik Saskin, Allan Walkey, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Hannah Wunsch
IMPORTANCE: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are commonly used but are associated with complications. Quantifying complication rates is essential for guiding CVC utilization decisions. OBJECTIVE: To summarize current rates of CVC-associated complications. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and CENTRAL databases were searched for observational studies and randomized clinical trials published between 2015 to 2023. STUDY SELECTION: This study included English-language observational studies and randomized clinical trials of adult patients that reported complication rates of short-term centrally inserted CVCs and data for 1 or more outcomes of interest...
March 4, 2024: JAMA Internal Medicine