The Differences Between Central and Peripheral Venous Catheters

As long as it is past that juncture in somewhere in the IVC or perhaps somewhere in the iliac vein, we'd call it central. Subclavians and so on likewise. Why do we make the distinction? I don't know. Probably the main reason is due to infectious risk. All IVs can get infected and they even can develop serious infections. A serious infection of even a regular peripheral IV can actually kill people.