Complications in patients with midlines compared to peripherally inserted central catheters for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
In this single-center, retrospective cohort study of 1169 patients requiring outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, complications (i.e., bloodstream infections or venous thrombosis) occurred more frequently in patients with midlines (6.4 per 1,000 line-days) than peripherally inserted central catheters (1.1 per 1,000 line-days), adjusted hazard ratio 3.60 (95% confidence interval 1.66-7.81).
Authors
- Kim Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-0954)
- Michael Schoeny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-708X)
- Justin Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-6797)
- Ho D. Kim
- Michael Y. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-6221)
- James B. Vu
- Guadalupe Ordaz-Nielsen
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Rush University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10512
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00