Hickman catheter
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
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