Performance and safety of femoral central venous catheters in pediatric autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection

ConclusionFemoral CVC are safe and effective for A‐HPCC in young pediatric patients. Femoral CVC performance was maintained over several days with few flow‐related alarms when compared to thoracic CVCs.

Source: Journal of Clinical Apheresis - May 9, 2017 Category: Hematology Authors: Laura Cooling, Sandra Hoffmann, Dawn Webb, Chisa Yamada, Robertson Davenport, Sung Won Choi Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research