Incidence of upper limb venous thrombosis associated with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).

• Main Authors: Abdullah, B.J.J., Mohammad, N., Sangkar, J.V., Abd Aziz, Y.F., Gan, G.G., Goh, K.Y., Benedict, I.
• Format: Article
• Published: British Institute of Radiology 2005
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/527/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15961840

The objective of this study was to prospectively determine the incidence of venous thrombosis (VT) in the upper limbs in patients with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC). We prospectively investigated the incidence of VT in the upper limbs of 26 patients who had PICC inserted. The inclus...