Midline venous catheter: New insights for its use in hospitalized patients with diabetes

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2025 Jan 15:112003. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112003. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

In a prospective study we found that in hospitalized patients with diabetes the use of mid line venous catheter (MVC) resulted in a significantly lower rate of vascular complications than short cannulas. However, a special attention should be paid to catheter obstruction when MCV is used.

Keywords: Diabetes; Hospitalized patients; Vascular complications; Venous catheter.