When it comes to choosing correct catheter placement in children, a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows the real-estate mantra also holds true. The research findings, described online March 18 in iJAMA Pediatrics/i, show that catheters in children inserted in a vessel in the arm or leg and not threaded into a large vein near the heart are nearly four times as likely to dislodge, cause vein inflammation or dangerous blood clots as are catheters advanced ...
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