Central Line Tip Positioning for Inpatient Parenteral Nutrition Administration: A Tertiary Hospital Audit
Background: Administration of high-osmolarity parenteral nutrition (PN) for patients with intestinal failure depends on correct central venous catheter (CVC) tip positioning between the lower third of the superior vena cava and the cavo-atrial junction. We assessed the consistency of achieving this standard at our institution.
Authors
- Elizabeth Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-3920)
- Darren Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-0547)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Intestinal failure.
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intf.2025.100188
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00