Taber's Medical Dictionary
Broviac catheter
(brō′vē-ak″ )
A tunneled central venous catheter that is similar to a Hickman catheter but with a smaller tube diameter that allows it to be used for pediatric patients.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Broviac Catheter." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770001/all/Broviac_catheter.
Broviac catheter. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770001/all/Broviac_catheter. Accessed April 11, 2025.
Broviac catheter. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770001/all/Broviac_catheter
Broviac Catheter [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770001/all/Broviac_catheter.
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