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Peripherally inserted central catheters can be an alternative to tunneled central venous catheters in chemotherapy for hematological and oncological pediatric patients
2023-08-28
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<h4>Purpose: </h4> Tunneled central venous catheters (TCVs) are commonly used for pediatric chemotherapy. Recently, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) have been used instead. Although PICC has the advantages of simpler insertion and fewer severe complications, there is little information on the efficacy of PICC compared to TCV in pediatric chemotherapy. Methods Patients, aged younger than 18 years, w...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 442fcf38-55c7-5703-bf62-ddee0651675c
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3288682/v1
