Central venous catheters are widely used to administer Parenteral Nutrition especially in long
term nutrition. As hyperosmolar solutions are harmful to the intima of the veins, central veins
with a high blood flow enable hypersomolar solutions to be given, such as glucose and
amino acid solutions.(1) This enables nutritional requirements to be given in smaller volumes
than is possible with Peripheral parenteral nutrition.(2) Severe complications that may occur
during central venous infusion of parenteral nutrition include sepsis, air embolism, and
thrombosis, with these complications more likely to occur compared with the infusion of
parenteral nutrition peripherally. (