Impact of silicone midline catheter tip location on catheter-related complications and indwelling duration: results from a multicentre randomised clinical trial in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the impact of the terminal tip location of silicone midline catheter (MC, a type of intravenous catheter measuring 20-30 cm in length and inserted into upper arm veins using a modified Seldinger technique) in the subclavian vein group versus axillary vein group on catheter-related complications and indwelling duration.

Design

This is a randomised controlled study.

Setting

Twenty-seven tertiary hospitals in China.

Participants

Between September 2022 and October 2023, 2307 patients underwent MC placement and were randomly assigned to either the axillary vein group (n=1124) or the subclavian vein group (n=1183).

Outcome measures

There were two outcome measures: one was to compare the incidence of catheter-related complications (eg, cath

SUBMITTER: Nie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904324 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature