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. 1981 Jan-Feb;5(1):83-5.
doi: 10.1177/014860718100500183.

Use of Hickman right atrial catheter in pediatric oncology patients

R J Merritt, C E Ennis, R J Andrassy, D M Hays, F R Sinatra, D W Thomas, S E Siegel

Use of Hickman right atrial catheter in pediatric oncology patients

R J Merritt et al. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1981 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Eighteen pediatric oncology inpatients had 21 Hickman right atrial catheters placed for total venous access; 16 patients received parenteral nutrition. Mean duration of catheterization was 43 +/- 29 (SD) days. Four catheters had to be removed for infection or clotting. The catheter-related sepsis rate was 10%. Serious catheter-related complications were no more frequent in this population than in patients receiving only parenteral nutrition via Broviac or pediatric Broviac catheters.

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