Comment on: “Technical considerations in interpreting rapid transfusion through a 4.2-Fr Broviac catheter”—a reply
Shoko Fujioka, Yusuke Miyazaki, Hinako Furuya, Chika Miyazaki, Nobuyuki Katori, Yoshie Taniguchi · 2026
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Fujioka and five co-authors reply to a letter about rapid transfusion through a small central line, in this two thousand twenty-six response. A reader had asked for technical details behind their case report on giving blood quickly through a narrow Broviac catheter.
The authors explain the planning behind the elective case: a multidisciplinary meeting, including the hospital's patient safety committee, weighed the strategy in advance. They checked the manufacturer's pressure limit for the catheter and agreed hand-pushed syringes could exceed it dangerously. A pump device that monitors line pressure and adjusts its speed automatically stayed well under the cap, so the team chose it. The reply shows the safety reasoning that case reports often leave out.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shoko Fujioka, Yusuke Miyazaki, Hinako Furuya, Chika Miyazaki, Nobuyuki Katori, Yoshie Taniguchi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |