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<sec><h3>Objective</h3>
<p>With the increasing use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in clinical application, the breaking of the PICC is increasing as well, which would turn into the emboli and drift to the heart and pulmonary artery, causing severe consequences. However, few cases have been reported on the rescue of patients with a broken PICC.</p>
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<sec><h3>Patient concerns</h3>
<p>A 33-year-old man, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B-related decompensated cirrhosis and cryptococcal meningitis, was treated with amphotericin B combined with flucytosine and fluconazole by means of PICC catheterization. The patient was discharged with a catheter; when he returned for re-examination, a 50cm length of PICC broke and slipped into the vein after his sudden dysphoria. First aid was immediately administered, and then the intervention therapy to extricate the tube, including pulmonary artery angiography and intravascular removal of foreign matter, was performed based on the consensus of the in-hospital vein treatment group. At last, the broken PICC fragment was successfully taken out of the vessel. Re-examination after surgery showed that he recovered well.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Once the catheter is broken, the X-ray examination should be performed at the first instance and re-examined frequently. Moreover, the involvement of a multidisciplinary team should be formed to decide the appropriate method of treatment to ensure a successful rescue.</p>
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Objective
With the increasing use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in clinical application, the breaking of the PICC is increasing as well, which would turn into the emboli and drift to the heart and pulmonary artery, causing severe consequences. However, few cases have been reported on the rescue of patients with a broken PICC.

Patient concerns
A 33-year-old man, diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B-related decompensated cirrhosis and cryptococcal meningitis, was treated with amphotericin B combined with flucytosine and fluconazole by means of PICC catheterization. The patient was discharged with a catheter; when he returned for re-examination, a 50cm length of PICC broke and slipped into the vein after his sudden dysphoria. First aid was immediately administered, and then the intervention therapy to extricate the tube, including pulmonary artery angiography and intravascular removal of foreign matter, was performed based on the consensus of the in-hospital vein treatment group. At last, the broken PICC fragment was successfully taken out of the vessel. Re-examination after surgery showed that he recovered well.

Conclusions
Once the catheter is broken, the X-ray examination should be performed at the first instance and re-examined frequently. Moreover, the involvement of a multidisciplinary team should be formed to decide the appropriate method of treatment to ensure a successful rescue.

Rescue of a patient with a 50 cm broken PICC tube retracted and wrapped in pulmonary artery: a case report

Department of Infectious Diseases, Southwest Hospital

Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University)

Frontiers of Nursing

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Objective
With the increasing use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in clinical application, the breaking of the PICC is increasing as well,...

Rescue of a patient with a 50 cm broken PICC tube retracted and wrapped in pulmonary artery: a case report

Article Category: Case report

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 445 - 450

Received: Dec 23, 2020

Accepted: Feb 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0045

Keywords
case report, fracture, gooseneck catcher, PICC, pigtail catheter

© 2021 Sha Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Rescue of a patient with a 50 cm broken PICC tube retracted and wrapped in pulmonary artery: a case report

Article Category: Case report

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 445 - 450

Received: Dec 23, 2020

Accepted: Feb 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0045

Keywordscase report, fracture, gooseneck catcher, PICC, pigtail catheter

© 2021 Sha Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
case report, fracture, gooseneck catcher, PICC, pigtail catheter