Hosu Kim, Soo-Buem Cho, Sung-Eun Park, Sa-Hong Jo, Sung-Gong Lim, Yujin Jeong, Jung-Ho Won, Won-Jeong Yang, Ho-Cheol Choi, Jong-Hwa Ahn, In-Chul Nam
Background and Objectives : Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement plays an important role in clinical practice. This study aimed to provide an equation for the proper estimation of catheter length in cases of PICC placement without imaging guidance in relation to patient height, weight, sex, and age. Materials and Methods : For 1137 PICC placement cases in both arm veins of 954 patients at a single center, the elbow crease to the cavoatrial junction length (ECL) was calculated as follows: ECL = (PICC length) + (distance from the elbow crease to the puncture site)...
February 29, 2024: Medicina