3) Attuali criteri di scelta dell'accesso venoso per nutrizione ...

Review delle linee guida nel pazienteoncologico, CA Cancer J Clin - 2008 Totally implantable access devices should be reserved forpatients who require long-term, intermittent vascularaccess. A tunneled CVC is preferable for patients requiringcontinuous access. Thus, oncology patients who needchemotherapy treatment scheduled on a weekly ormonthly basis should benefit from a totally implanted port,while those who need daily infusions of palliativetreatment (analgesics,hydration,nutrition, etc.) shouldbenefit from an external catheter.