Superior success rate of intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance for peripherally inserted central catheter placement in patients with cancer: A randomized open-label controlled multicenter study

Ling Yuan; Rongmei Li; Aifeng Meng; Yuling Feng; Xiancui Wu; Yiqun Yang; Ping Chen; Zhenzhu Qiu; Jing Qi; Chuanying Chen; Jia Wei; Minyi Qin; Weiwei Kong; Xiangyu Chen; Wei Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171630

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Superior success rate of intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance for peripherally inserted central catheter placement in patients with cancer: A randomized open-label controlled multicenter study

Ling Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Yuan, Rongmei Li

* E-mail: yuanling73@hotmail.com (LY); xuwei2003@medmail.com.cn (WX)

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Rongmei Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Yuan, Rongmei Li

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Aifeng Meng,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Yuling Feng,

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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Xiancui Wu,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Yiqun Yang,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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Ping Chen,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Zhenzhu Qiu,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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Jing Qi,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Chuanying Chen,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Jia Wei,

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Minyi Qin,

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Weiwei Kong,

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Xiangyu Chen,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Medical School of Nanjing University, Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Wei Xu

* E-mail: yuanling73@hotmail.com (LY); xuwei2003@medmail.com.cn (WX)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Superior success rate of intracavitary electrocardiogram guidance for peripherally inserted central catheter placement in patients with cancer: A randomized open-label controlled multicenter study

Ling Yuan,
Rongmei Li,
Aifeng Meng,
Yuling Feng,
Xiancui Wu,
Yiqun Yang,
Ping Chen,
Zhenzhu Qiu,
Jing Qi,
Chuanying Chen

Published: March 9, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171630

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