The goal of this study is to determine whether Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter or Centrally Inserted Venous Catheters have lower complication rates in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. After admission to the Neuroscience ICU and if they require central access, patients will be randomized to receive a PICC or CVC and complications (such as pneumothorax, deep venous thrombosis, infection, etc.) will be tracked and compared between the two interventions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
152
Any complication associated with central access
Central access not associated with any complication
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Participants With Complications With Central Access Including Insertion
Aggregation of all complications associated with central access including insertion
Time frame: up to 10 weeks
Number of Participants With Deep Venous Thrombosis
Time frame: up to 10 weeks
Number of Patients With Complications Related to Insertion
Any complication of insertion including technical failure
Time frame: From the time of insertion until first confirmatory chest X-ray
Number of Participants With a Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection
A Central access associated infection (CLABSI)
Time frame: up to 10 weeks
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