Post by tyson on Mar 13, 2015 11:27:24 GMT -5
If you like them, want to do more of them, here is your justification.
Finally, patients who require
central venous access are at high risk
for catheter-related thrombosis. This
risk is variable according to the site of
insertion. Femoral venous catheters
were found to have a significantly
higher occurrence of thrombosis
(21.5% of patients) in comparison to
1.9% of subclavian venous catheters
(P <.01).16 In the 2012 Cochrane
review, there was no difference in
thrombotic complications between
the subclavian and internal jugular
sites.13 In an observational study
previously, however, the internal
jugular site had approximately four
times the risk in comparison to the
subclavian site.18 Thus, the subclavian
site has the lowest risk of catheter
related thrombosis and should be
considered if risk of thrombosis is a
concern.
