@medico_ahm on Instagram: "Midline, PICC, and central lines are IV catheters for long-term/specialized IV therapy, differing mainly by tip location: a Midline ends in an arm vein near the shoulder; a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) is longer, inserted in the arm but threaded to a large vein near the heart; and a Central Line (CVC) is typically inserted directly into a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin, delivering meds/fluids needing rapid dilution near the heart. PICCs and Mi

TheVascularGuy on Instagram: "Very good question! Midlines are the most difficult and complicated procedure to consider because there’s still so much unknown and just absolutely grossly crappy data on it. Any midline study that does not include CVR and tip Location is a poor correlative investigation. The researcher who didn’t think it necessary to include CVR or catheter tip location is a researcher who is ignorant of the impact of hemodilution and flow rate on dwell time of the catheter. Or wa