A central venous catheter is inserted in your chest.

Affected children usually need total parenteral nutrition through a central venous catheter.

It may also be used for the insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter.

Surgery is sometimes needed to place a central venous catheter into a large vein in the chest.

And of course, infections caused by central venous catheters can be very costly to treat.

Possible complications from the use of a central venous catheter include:

A central venous catheter is placed beneath the skin and into a large vein in the upper chest.

Sometimes a plastic tube (central venous catheter) is placed in the neck.

In these cases, it is common to insert a central venous catheter.

It can be administered through a peripheral vein rather than a central implanted catheter as required for other similar drugs.