First experience with peripherally inserted central catheter for head and neck chemotherapy

This report describes our first experience with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for head and neck chemotherapy. It is more convenient and safer than conventional central venous catheter insertion. We used a PICC 40 times from December 2009 to May 2010. There were no serious complicat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Toukeibu Gan 2012/04/25, Vol.38(1), pp.80-83
Hauptverfasser:	Shimizu, Akira, Kitamura, Koichi, Sakurai, Eriko, Kondo, Takahito, Okayoshi, Yohei, Itani, Shigeto, Ito, Hiroyuki, Yoshida, Tomoyuki, Suzuki, Mamoru
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Sprache:	jpn
Schlagworte:	Chemotherapy Head and neck cancer Peripherally inserted central catheter
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Zusammenfassung:	This report describes our first experience with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for head and neck chemotherapy. It is more convenient and safer than conventional central venous catheter insertion. We used a PICC 40 times from December 2009 to May 2010. There were no serious complications, pneumothorax. Catheter-related bloodstream infection occurred only in one early case. This catheter may be useful for head and neck chemotherapy.
ISSN:	1349-5747 1881-8382
DOI:	10.5981/jjhnc.38.80