This study also demonstrates that the charge for Broviac catheter insertion by intensivists in a sedation suite is significantly less (p ≤ 0.001) than insertion by surgeons in the OR.

Short-Term Outcomes. Short-term outcomes were defined as events resulting in removal of the Broviac within 14 days of placement (Table 3). Occurrences of catheter infection, catheter malfunction ...

Novah’s mother told us the Staph was in the Broviac in Novah’s chest. It’s a surgically placed line put into a vein in a child’s chest. But this is what happened when doctors tried to ...