title: Complications of intravenous feeding catheters.
abstract: Complications of intravenous nutrition are uncommon but may prove problematic in patients requiring long-term nutritional support. This article reviews the complications associated with intravenous catheters with particular emphasis on problems associated with insertion, catheter-related sepsis, venous thrombosis, catheter occlusion, endocarditis and intracardiac thrombus formation.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mughal
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*