Hickman catheter
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Body
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Hickman catheters (or Hickman lines) are a type of tunnelled central venous access device.
Indications
- chemotherapy administration 2
- parenteral nutrition 2
- long-term parenteral antibiotic administration 2
Complications
Insertion
- arrhythmia (most common) 1
- arterial injury
- kinking
- pneumothorax
- failure
Long-term
- infection (most common) 1,2
- occlusion
- thrombosis
- tip migration
History and etymology
In the late 1970s, Robert O Hickman (1926-2019) 4, was a paediatric nephrologist, workingFellow in Seattlepaediatric nephrology, at the University of Washington in Seattle. He was asked by the bone marrow transplant nurses to create a new catheter for their patients. He modified the then widely-used Broviac catheter to create the Hickman catheter. The only difference was one of size, at that time the Broviac catheter was a 6.5 French gauge (Fr) catheter, whilst the original Hickman catheter was 9.6 Fr 3.
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-</ul><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>In the late 1970s,<strong> Robert O Hickman</strong> (1926-2019) <sup>4</sup>, was a paediatric nephrologist, working in Seattle, at the University of Washington. He was asked by the bone marrow transplant nurses to create a new catheter for their patients. He modified the then widely-used <a href="/articles/broviac-catheter">Broviac catheter</a> to create the Hickman catheter. The only difference was one of size, at that time the Broviac catheter was a 6.5 <a href="/articles/french-gauge">French gauge</a> catheter, whilst the original Hickman catheter was 9.6 Fr <sup>3</sup>.</p>- +</ul><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>In the late 1970s,<strong> Robert O Hickman</strong> (1926-2019) <sup>4</sup>, was a Fellow in paediatric nephrology, at the University of Washington in Seattle. He was asked by the bone marrow transplant nurses to create a new catheter for their patients. He modified the then widely-used <a href="/articles/broviac-catheter">Broviac catheter</a> to create the Hickman catheter. The only difference was one of size, at that time the Broviac catheter was a 6.5 <a title="French gauge" href="/articles/french-gauge">French gauge (Fr)</a> catheter, whilst the original Hickman catheter was 9.6 Fr <sup>3</sup>.</p>
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