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Can I Safely Discharge a Patient with a Substance Use Disorder Home with a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter?

  • Appa A
  • Barocas J
NEJM Evidence (2022) 1(2)
DOI: 10.1056/evidccon2100012
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Abstract

Discharging Patients Who Use Drugs Home with PICCAmid the U.S. overdose crisis, serious injection-related infections are rising. Determining where a patient goes after hospitalization can be a challenge due to the need for prolonged parenteral antibiotics, prompting a common clinical question: Can I safely discharge a patient with a substance use disorder home with a peripherally inserted central catheter?

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Appa, A., & Barocas, J. A. (2022). Can I Safely Discharge a Patient with a Substance Use Disorder Home with a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter? NEJM Evidence, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.1056/evidccon2100012

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