Pick the PICC? It's Complicated

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Editorial

Andrew E Becker et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;48(9):1393-1394.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004482.

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

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Comment on

Rates of Venous Thromboembolism and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Types of Central Venous Access Devices in Critically Ill Children.
Patel N, Petersen TL, Simpson PM, Feng M, Hanson SJ. Patel N, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep;48(9):1340-1348. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004461. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32590391

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