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Picc Line For Antibiotic Therapy

Premium Questions

Dr.    Satvinder Bakshi MD

medically with NG tube, no liquids and he didn't have to have surgery. He did have a PICC line placed for .... Rt shoulder, He is physically in a lot of pain. Could this be related to his PICC... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Satvinder Bakshi ( ENT 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. 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. Ivo Ditah MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Sabiha Banu MD

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

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

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Dr. Abhijit Gadewar MD

My wife has a PICC line for intravenous antibiotic treatment. In the past, she has vigorously swung ... the exterior part of the PICC line is secured with tape? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abhijit Gadewar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

half, he got a picc line to do a 6 week antibiotics treatment, in the meantime of him being ... bad cough, and it hurts him very much when he coughs, now since he just got his picc line taken... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

I had a picc line installed about 5 weeks ago after spine surgery. I ve been doing a lot of sitting ... chest, the side that my picc line is in. It s never bothered at all before, and was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Harshit Bhachech MD

I had a picc line for roughly a months time about 14 months ago. To this day the entry location of my picc line is highly sensitive. Things that I used to never been sensitive to are now... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harshit Bhachech ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Steven Maximus MD

Have a pain on the inside of my left arm. From December 2009 until February 2010 I had a picc line for antibiotic treatment for septis. The picc line was reinserted in May... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Steven Maximus ( General Surgeon)