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Complications of intravenous nutrition are uncommon but may prove problematic in patients requiring long-term nutritional support. This article reviews the complications associated with intravenous catheters with particular emphasis on problems associated with insertion, catheter-related sepsis, venous thrombosis, catheter occlusion, endocarditis and intracardiac thrombus formation.
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