My pt came in today for chemo with port and a picc line. The port was placed yesterday and the picc was placed 4 days prior. Is it safe to remove picc or is there a chance of pulling out port catheter as well?
We did a small investigation with CVC & PICC insitu our results would indicate, Safe to remove very small risk of port line migration if Port tip placed in distal SVC. Recommend repeat chest x-ray post to confirm.
We did a small investigation with CVC & PICC insitu our results would indicate, Safe to remove very small risk of port line migration if Port tip placed in distal SVC. Recommend repeat chest x-ray post to confirm.
Cheers
Gavin