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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Infections In Picc Line After Removal

Premium Questions

Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis MD

What is a pic line? I use a walker and I am afraid I will dislodge anything placed in my upper body? I have MRSA and am prone to infections ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

My wife has had terrible pain right arm after picc line removal on 11/19/17 Ultrasound and Nerve ... removal of the PICC Line?? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

Wife has picc line and numb hand. gender female ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Salah Saad Shoman MD

shower has been tough. This has happened the last few times I had a picc line for iv antibiotics after a 3 or 4 day stay in the hospital for cellulitis infections in the leg.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Salah Saad Shoman ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Sabiha Banu MD

into his office each day he would receive IV antibiotic hooked up to a pump connected to a picc line ... days, retested now the order is for another ORAL antibiotic. He has a picc line. Its... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sabiha Banu ( Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Kakkar S. MD

I had a picc line removed last Saturday and now have a rash around the dressing sight that itches and will not go away. I also am starting to get a knot under the picc line insertion spot. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

surgery then she got sick a fever and throwing up, now she is back in the hospital with a PICC receiving her antibotics. She still has a fever and there might be an infection on the picc line.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Arun MD

I had my picc line removed yesterday at the ER and the nurse wasn t very nice. This is my second picc line. when the first one was removed they did it slowly and it healed just fine. yesterday... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Manjunath Metri MD

I have had my PICC line removed over a month ago. About the second day I started experiencing the feeling of having something lodged in my throat. I usually swallow hard to get this kind of feeling to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manjunath Metri ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

Hi, My mom had her picc line removed two days ago and 24 hours after the removal, she has swelling of the lower arm (the swollen are is about the size of an egg) below the picc... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)