Short Bowel Syndrome: Loss of Venous Access Via PICC Lines Versus Small Bowel Transplant
Adults and children with Short Bowel Syndrome are at serious risk of central line associate blood-stream infections and recurrent loss of venous access. Management of vascular access needs to be part of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary strategy aiming, as a first step, to preserve the vascular real estate of children requiring long-term PN.” …Dr. [...]