Determining Intravenous Complications in Patients with Infusion Pumps
Objective: Intravenous infusion complications are placing patients at high risk and creating an economic burden for hospitals and health institutions. Available infusion pumps provide to decrease complications and patient safety.
Zehra Gök-metin, Leyla Özdemir
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Central Venous Catheter Complications during Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Prospective Pilot Study of 481 Patients with More than 30,000 Catheter Days [PDF]
Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) has been shown to delay deterioration in cancer patients with malnutrition. Its risk-benefit ratio, however, is determined by the threat of central venous catheter (CVC) complications.
Weimann, Arved +4 more
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Effectiveness of transparent film dressing for peripheral intravenous catheter
Background: The intravenous applications are the most common type of such interventions. It is underlined that in cases where the peripheral intravenous catheter is not properly secured in place, even a minor movement inside the vein would result in ...
Yılmaz Kurt, Fatma, Atay, Selma
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Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) complications are common in hospitalised children and may interrupt intravenous therapy. This study aimed to examine the associations of patient age, medical diagnosis, intravenous fluid type, and intravenous ...
Ferika Indarwati +4 more
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Short Peripheral Intravenous Catheter-related Phlebitis in Patients with COVID-19: A Propensity Score-matched Study [PDF]
Introduction: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are commonly used for intravenous therapy. A catheter is removed early when complications such as phlebitis develop.
Hasan Selçuk ÖZGER +4 more
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Peripheral intravenous catheter non‐infectious complications in adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
AimsThe aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to summarize and quantify peripheral intravenous catheter‐related complications.DesignThis systematic review is reported by means of the Cochrane process for randomized controlled trials and the
Cooke, Marie +15 more
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Review article: Peripheral intravenous catheter insertion in adult patients with difficult intravenous access: A systematic review of assessment instruments, clinical practice guidelines and escalation pathways [PDF]
The optimal approach for peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion in adult hospitalised patients with difficult intravenous access (DIVA) is unknown. The present study aimed to critically appraise the quality of (i) assessment instruments and (ii)
Cooke, Marie +21 more
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A clinical pathway for the management of difficult venous access
Background Many patients are admitted to hospital with non-visible or palpable veins, often resulting in multiple painful attempts at cannulation, anxiety and catheter failure. We developed a difficult intravenous pathway at our institution to reduce the
Vanno Sou +5 more
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ObjectiveTo explore the influencing factors of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) in neonates with peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).MethodsA total of 200 neonates who underwent PICC ...
Fan-ying Zeng +4 more
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Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli +13 more
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