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PICC lines.
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When should patients receive PICC lines – upon admission to the hospital or when they prove difficult sticks?
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Draining bilateral hydrothoraces.
Would you drain bilateral pleural effusions at the same time or will you drain them on different days?
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Percutaneous biopsy of visceral hemangiomas.
When cross-sectional imaging fails to unequivocally confirm visceral hemangiomas, say of the liver, would you percutaneously biopsy them?
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Stenting central venous stenoses and occlusions.
When will you primarily stent a critical stenosis or total occlusion of the great veins of the chest (SVC and BCVs) once you cross it, even if balloon angioplasty restores reasonable luminal caliber, or will you do so if/when the patient relapses?
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