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- Title
Briefly Legal: PICC Not Placed Centrally Causes Necrotizing Fasciitis.
- Authors
Sims, Maureen E.; Schifrin, Barry
- Abstract
The article offers information on a case study where a PICC line was not placed centrally, leading to necrotizing fasciitis in a neonate. Topics include the patient's presentation, the difficulty in PICC line placement, subsequent complications including anuria and metabolic acidosis, and the eventual treatment and outcome of the case.
- Subjects
METABOLIC disorders; ANTIBIOTICS; PREMATURE infants; COMPUTED tomography; TREATMENT effectiveness; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; NECROTIZING fasciitis; VANCOMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; PERIPHERALLY inserted central catheters; ANURIA; BACTERIAL diseases; DEBRIDEMENT; ACIDOSIS; DISEASE risk factors; CHILDREN
- Publication
Neonatology Today, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 5, p211
- ISSN
1932-7129
- Publication type
Article