Motdog

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1. picc line & blood clots

   Motdog replied to sweetyjen's topic in Infusion

   Yes all 7.5% were diagnosed with doppler as definate thrombosis not just mechanical phlebitis. The higher rate is most likely to be due to the patients cancer status. All the lines were in the lower svc on chest Xray. Hopefully by now using the ultr...

2. picc line & blood clots

   Motdog replied to sweetyjen's topic in Infusion

   I too place cental lines for a living and was interested in your comments. Do you or anyone out there have guidelines for the management of thrombosis due to picc lines??? Cheers Motdog

3. picc line & blood clots

   Motdog replied to sweetyjen's topic in Infusion

   Firstly you did everything right so don't worry. Thrombosis due to picc lines are the bain of my life. It is well known that thrombosis can be a problem with picc lines and around 11% of all picc lines will get a thrombosis. Cancer patients (upper GI...