Meeting
Abstract Number: 208
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) use in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with non-functioning arteriovenous fistulae. Existing guidelines recommend avoiding PICC placement in these patients but how often this occurs and how best to implement this recommendation is not known. Methods: Within 42-hospitals participating in the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium […]