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PICC Lines (peripherally inserted central catheter) A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line) is a type of central line. You might have one for chemotherapy and other drugs and fluids. Sometimes you might be able to have blood samples taken from it. It is a long plastic tube that goes into a vein in your arm.
A gastrostomy tube goes into your stomach through an opening made on the outside of your tummy (abdomen). You might have one if you have longer term problems with eating and swallowing.
Portacaths . A portacath is a type of central line. It is sometimes called a port or a totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD).
Chemotherapy pumps. If you have chemotherapy into a vein, your nurse might attach a pump. This will give a controlled amount of drugs very slowly into your bloodstream.
Most children are in hospital for less than a week. A nephrectomy is a big operation and it can be painful. Your child’s healthcare team will give them regular painkillers to help. After surgery, your child usually has a catheter in place for a short time. Other problems are not common but can include: bleeding; infection; a blockage in the bowel
When the catheter is in the right place, your doctor slowly injects the radioactive beads into your liver. The whole process takes about an hour. When your doctor removes the catheter they put a dressing over the small wound. You need to lie flat for around 6 hours if the catheter went into an artery in your groin.
The catheter goes into your bladder through the urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries wee (urine) from the bladder out of the body. The doctor or nurse puts in the catheter on the day unit. BCG is a liquid. Your doctor or nurse puts the liquid into your bladder through the catheter. Usually, they then remove the catheter.
If you are having a course of chemotherapy as an outpatient, the doctor or nurse puts in the catheter on the day unit. Your doctor or specialist nurse then gives you the chemotherapy. They put a liquid chemotherapy drug into your bladder through the catheter. Your doctor or nurse may then remove the catheter. Or they might leave it in and clamp it.
The nurse might ask for a sample from inside the stoma, using a sterile catheter. Or you might be able to take a sample by holding a sterile pot under the stoma and catching urine as it drips. Both of these techniques are known as a clean catch.
Rarely, there can be a small tear (perforation) of the bladder or it may be injured. It’s likely this will settle with a catheter for a few days to rest the bladder. Very rarely you may need surgery to help fix this problem. Bruising and swelling . You might get a small bruise around the area where they put the needle in for the cannula.