Impact of body posture change on peripherally inserted central catheter tip position in Chinese cancer patients.

CONCLUSION: The results of this work implied that the tips of the catheter tend to shift toward the cephalad with body change from the supine to the upright position. A study involving a larger sample size is needed to find more information in the future. PMID: 32072851 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research