At AVA and I am hearing a lot of discussion on UE DVT’s. We all know this can be a complication of PICC line insertion, but how are we treating UE DVT’s? Some nurses state “our docs want the line out right at diagnosis” some say “we leave the line in and continue to treat the patient” What is best practice? There should be a standard for how we treat this potentially severe complication. The experts here are saying “save the line, treat patient symptoms, treat the UE DVT, monitor the patient and are their symptoms, make sure they are improving and go ahead and use the line” What do you think?
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