Complications of intravenous feeding catheters

Abstract

Complications of intravenous nutrition are uncommon but may prove problematic in patients requiring long-term nutritional support. This article reviews the complications associated with intravenous catheters with particular emphasis on problems associated with insertion, catheter-related sepsis, venous thrombosis, catheter occlusion, endocarditis and intracardiac thrombus formation.

Comparing of Frequent Central Venous Catheter Insertion and Selection Procedure and its Complications

“…This is while other researchers reported this value between 0.3% -12%. This rate shows that complications that occurred in this study is significantly lower than the average rate and it is obvious that there are lower risks of complication occurrence than other researchers (7,8) Indeed, the significant point in this case is that in the researchers mentioned above, the process of catheterization had been done by the attending physicians, however, in this study, most cases of central vein catheterizations had been done by residents (4).…”

Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis in patients with 5-fluorouracil-containing adjuvant chemotherapy Three Case Reports and a Review

“…The presence of fibrin sleeves on catheters (18) and the absence of symptoms from such have been remarked upon by several investigators (19,20), although their clinical significance remains unclear. It is, however, reasonable to assume that their presence is a normal reaction to a foreign body within the blood vessel, i.e.…”

Central Venous Catheter Infection

“…However, Mughal (1989) In addition to higher rates of infection, the infectious complications of TLCs have been observed to appear sooner (Pemberton et al 1986). …”