Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy ( @entity34 ) in XXXX with @entity1577 .

@entity1 @entity1095 @entity532 @entity56 @entity1577 @entity34
BACKGROUND: To determine @entity532 during @entity34 ( @entity34 ) administrated through a peripheral venous line, PICC-line or PORT-A-CATH (PAC). METHODS: Catheter related @entity532 in @entity1 with @entity1577 during @entity34 were identified through a retrospective review of @entity1 files supplemented by an interview. RESULTS: In 64 treatment episodes with a peripheral venous line, 51 (79.7  %) used bolus injection and 13 (20.3  %) used infusion pump. 27 out of 51 (53.0  %) bolus injection episodes experienced @entity532 , which required removal. None were observed for infusion pump treatments. The infectious @entity532 requiring removal of peripheral venous line were 9 out of 23 (39.1  %) for the PICC line and 11 out of 26 (42.3  %) for the PAC. No anaphylaxis was observed during the @entity34 treatments. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that using an infusion pump to administer the antibiotic treatment minimized @entity1095 . The frequency of @entity532 leading to removal of the catheter is about the same for PICC-lines and PACs, but the average life-time of the latter is much longer. @entity56 are not a major problem.
