• Sabine Roche.
• Department of anesthesia and resuscitation, hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Aug 1; 37 (4): 400405400-405.

Purpose Of ReviewThis review summarizes the latest findings and recommendations about the characteristics, indications and use of peripheral and central long-term venous access devices.The various complications inherent in these devices are becoming better known, and their contributing factors determined, which could make it possible to reduce their incidence.Recent FindingsSome measures are integrated into recommendations for good practice, such as appropriate selection of devices, the preferential use of the thinnest catheters, and cyanoacrylate glue and dressings impregnated with chlorhexidine.SummaryImproving understanding of the phenomena leading to infectious and thrombotic complications, as well as better knowing the differences between intravenous devices and their respective indications, should lead to improvement of in-hospital and out-of-hospital care.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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