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An 8 page discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of this approach to catheterization as opposed to the use of central venous lines. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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benefit from the use of central venous access techniques. These techniques often alleviate considerably pain and discomfort because they eliminate the need for multiple venous cannulations while at the
same time allowing medical personnel ready venous access (Philpot, 2003). These techniques also allow veins to be preserved in case they are needed for access in the future (Philpot,
2003). Until relatively recently, the standard methodology for central venous access was to position the catheter centrally in either the jugular, subclavian or femoral veins. Peripheral inserted central
catheters (PICC), however, now offer another choice in regard to central venous access. Safdar and Maki (2005) contend, in fact, that PICCs are actually "supplanting conventional central venous catheters
(CVCs) placed percutaneously into the internal jugular, subclavian, or femoral veins" (p.489). As is the case with central lines as well, there are certain risks inherent in using PICCs.
These risks include deep vein thrombosis as well as infection. The purpose of this paper is to weigh those risks against those of the more traditionally used central
venous catheters. PICCs are intravenous devices constructed from silicone and inserted into the antecubital veins in the patients arm (Cancer Nursing Practice, 2008).
These devices are advantageous from a number of perspectives, one of which is that they allow large vessels to be reserved for more invasive therapies (Philpot, 2003). Once
inserted, a PICC is then advanced into the central veins with the tip preferably resting in either the lower third of the superior vena cava or in the right atrium
(Cancer Nursing Practice, 2008). Philpot (2003) observes that PICCs are less traumatic and much better tolerated than are central venous lines. Part of their advantage is that the
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