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Ultrasound-guided vascular access textbook – Read More

“The first-ever casebook on ultrasound-guided vascular access procedures offers practical solutions to complex bedside challenges with an emphasis on improving patient safety” eurekalert.org (2023).

Long peripheral intravenous catheters reduces catheter failure – Full Text

“Catheterization of an upper arm vein using the new long PIVC to administer a hyper-stimulant drug might reduce CF compared with catheterization of a forearm vein using SPC” Murayama et al (2023).

Home parenteral nutrition for children – Full Text

“We share our experiences for the last two decades and identify the risk factors for complications and mortality. A retrospective study of HPN patients was conducted between January 2000 and February 2022” Chen et al (2023).

Peripheral venipuncture-related pain management – Full Text

“Children aged 3-16 years old were randomized into three groups: EMLA group, distraction group, and combined group. The primary outcome was children’s self-reported pain scored using the Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale” Yu et al (2023).

Biofilm infections in NICU – Full Text

“The aim of this review is to describe traditional and novel ways to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria and biofilm infections in NICUs” Baltogianni et al (2023).

Peripheral intravascular cannula insertion practices

“This study was designed to study the efficacy and safety of recommended Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for peripheral intravascular catheter insertion practice and its comparison with a standard insertion protocol being followed and their outcome” Gupta et al (2022).

MRSA infection among haemodialysis patients with CVC

“MRSA nasal colonization is an important cause of MRSA infection among haemodialysis patients with CVCs” Wong et al (2023).

OPAT blood test review outcome – Full Text

“Patients with fewer comorbidities, ceftriaxone and short OPAT durations are at lower risk for OPAT complications. These patients could be followed with less frequent laboratory monitoring” Frisby et al (2023).

Challenges undertaking procedures requiring skin asepsis

“Nurses frequently undertake procedures requiring asepsis (PRAs), but report challenges and unwarranted variations in practice” Gould et al (2022).

Occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses – post-exposure prophylaxis

“To investigate the incidence of OBEs, related epidemiological characteristics, PEP completion rate, time and reason for PEP discontinuation, and seroconversion rate reported over 10 years” Lee and Choi (2023).

Investigating central venous ports without blood return – Full Text

“In routine practice, central venous ports without blood return (CVPWBRs) are common. However, very few studies have reported on the viable period of CVPWBR use. We therefore investigated this period by retrospectively analyzing the venographic images of CVPWBRs” Yagi et al

PICC complications study – Full Text

“This was a clinical and retrospective study in which the risk factors and complications of PICC use were evaluated” Bonfim et al (2023).

Vein dilation before peripheral intravenous catheterization – Full Text

“This study aimed to clarify the venous dilation effect of including tapping or massaging to the application of a tourniquet at the cutaneous veins of healthy adults’ forearms” Yasuda et al (2023).

OPAT unplanned hospital readmission – Full Text

“The UK 30 day unplanned hospital readmission model performed poorly in predicting readmission for the OPAT population at a US academic medical centre” Brenneman et al (2023).

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization simulation model – Full Text

“The new simulator is a feasible, inexpensive and easily reproducible tool for training anaesthesiologists in ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization” Liu et al (2023).

Stem cell transplantation via PICC – Full Text

“We aimed to retrospectively assess the safety and feasibility of stem cell infusion through PICC and to evaluate its impact on transplantation kinetics” Milczarek et al (2023).

Cisplatin extravasation results in severe tissue necrosis – Full Text

“We recommend that the findings from our case report are incorporated into extravasation guidelines to ensure optimal treatment of cisplatin extravasations” Braam et al (2023).

Implantable port catheter migration in 1-year-old child – Full Text

“Fluoroscopy showed that the tip of the catheter was located in the right thoracic cavity, and there was a large amount of effusion in the right thoracic cavity. The pleural effusion was removed, the TIVAD was replaced again, and the child was discharged 2 days later” Lu et al (2023).

OPAT endocarditis treatment – Full Text

“In this article, we review the literature on the model of care for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in infective endocarditis and propose that systems of care be developed based on local resources and all patients admitted with infective endocarditis be screened appropriately for outpatient antimicrobial therapy” Rajaratnam and Rajaratnam (2023).

Gram-negative CRBSI risk – Full Text

“We aimed to assess the incidence, etiology and outcomes of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) in onco-hematological patients, to assess the differences between patients with hematological malignancies (HMs) and solid tumors (STs) and to identify the risk factors for Gram-negative (GN) CRBSI” Laporte-Amargos et al (2023).

Antibiotic lock therapy for CLABSI treatment – Full Text

“To explore the effective response strategies for infections in infants with short bowel syndrome and solid abdominal tumours, treated with totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs)” Xiao et al (2023).

Correction of displaced intravenous infusion port catheter – Full Text

“Severe displacement of IVAP catheter was found by chest X-ray examination. The IVAP cannot be used normally. Therefore, we conducted an emergency procedure to reset the catheter through double pigtail catheters, the operation was successful and the infusion port was restored” Liu and Du (2023).

Indications and contraindications of parenteral nutrition – Full Text

“The indications and contraindications of parenteral nutrition (PN) are discussed in view of recent clinical findings” Berger and Pichard (2022).

Preventing biofilm and clot formation on medical devices – Full Text

“In order to reduce and prevent such infection, we develop a plasma-assisted process for the deposition of nanostructured functional coatings on flat substrates and mini catheters” Gallingani et al (2023).

How aseptic technique is taught to student nurses – Full Text

“Aseptic technique is essential to prevent healthcare-associated infection and reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance but little research has explored how it is taught in undergraduate nursing curricula” Hawker et al (2023).

Needleless connector contamination before and after disinfection

“The majority of needleless connectors had bacterial contamination before disinfection. Needleless connectors should be disinfected for 30 seconds before use, particularly in immunocompromised patients” Akbıyık et al (2023).

OPAT in older adults

“Amid the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, innovations in OPAT are needed to shepherd OPAT care into a more patient-centered, thoughtful practice, whereas minimizing harm to older patients from unnecessary health-care exposure and thus health-care associated infections” Oliver and Skalweitbn(2023).

Author: IVTEAM