Management of neonatal catheter-related venous thrombosis – Full Text
“The management of neonatal CVTE according to the Dutch CVTE management guideline led to a low incidence of recurrent VTEs and death due to VTEs” van Ommen et al (2022).
Peripheral vascular catheter use in Latin America – Full Text
“Our aim was to describe processes and practices regarding PIVC use in hospitalized patients related to hospital guidelines, characteristics of PIVC inserters, prevalence of PIVC complications, and idle PIVCs” Walker et al (2023).
Air Bubbles in Intravenous Infusion Lines: IV In-Line Filters Address the Issue – Pall blog series – Episode 8
“IV in-line filters address the issue of venous air embolism by removing air bubbles from intravenous infusion lines. Watch this video on how Pall IV in-line Filters remove air bubbles from intravenous infusion lines” PALL (2023).
Central line fracture example – Full Text
“Here, we report a case of right internal jugular triple-lumen central venous catheter fracture and subsequent embolism to the right pulmonary artery” Towheed et al (2022).
Medical student IV cannulation skills – Full Text
“A single, short refresher seems to have a limited effect on intravenous-cannulation skills in first-year medical students. Less resource-intensive interventions, such as written instructions or mental imagery, are effective compared with hands-on part-task trainer simulation for refreshing this simple but important skill” Berger-Estilita et al (2022).
Multi-infusion therapy accuracy – Full Text
“Using the predictive tool to visualise the deviations from the set flow rate is an effective method to allow clinicians to gain insight in dosing errors in multi-infusion therapy” Gevers et al (2023).
Low flow infusion pump accuracy
“The occlusion alarm may be much delayed and not useful in highly compliant systems with respect to the potential occlusion of the infusion system, so more attention is required when using a highly compliant infusion system” Hong et al (2023).
Reducing unnecessary diagnostic phlebotomy in intensive care
“Iterative improvement interventions targeting clinician test ordering behaviour can reduce ICU phlebotomy and may impact red cell transfusions” Bodley et al (2023).
Pleural effusion after PICC insertion – Full Text
“When pleural effusions quickly accumulate after placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter despite using confirmatory image guidance, delayed complications must be thought of, and offending medications and catheter should be removed in a timely fashion to avoid further morbidity and mortality” Yang and Lopez (2023).
D-dimer for PICC associated UEDVT diagnosis
“The outcome of this study shows that the different D-dimer diagnostic strategies are not effective for safely excluding the diagnosis of suspected peripherally inserted central catheter-related upper extremity deep vein thrombosis” Liu et al (2023).
Cerebral oxygenation during PICC placement in preterm infants
“In very low birth-weight preterm infants, monitoring cerebral regional oxygen saturation by near-infrared spectroscopy before and after peripherally inserted central venous catheterization may be useful in clinical practice” Ercan et al (2023).
Nurse-inserted pediatric PICC placement – Full Text
“The nurse-inserted PICC program in general pediatrics is feasible with a low rate of complications” Yu et al (2023).
OPAT for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia – Full Text
“OPAT is a safe and effective alternative to conventional in-patient therapy for completion of treatment in well-selected patients with SAB, mainly those associated with a low-risk source and without end-stage kidney disease” Castillo-Fernández et al (2023).
Bleeding after ultrasound-guided CVC placement – Full Text
“Bleeding complications associated with the insertion of central venous catheter and the suspected disorder of hemostasis given by BUN levels >70 mg/dl are common” Diaz et al (2023).
Advanced needle-tracking vascular access – Full Text
“The innovative needle-tracking system evaluated in this pilot study has the potential to improve emergent difficult vascular access” Alsbrooks and Hoerauf (2023).
Optimal central venous catheter tip position – Full Text
“Our primary hypothesis is that confirmation of catheter tip position by chest radiograph is not associated with increased catheter duration” Pereira et al (2022).
Intracavitary electrocardiography-guided PICC insertion – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a routine post-procedural CXR in the era of ultrasound and intracavitary electrocardiography (IC-ECG)-guided PICC insertion” Shen et al (2022).
Neonatal peripheral intravenous cannula-related complications – Full Text
“Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the incidence, time to occurrence and identify predictors for PIVC complications among infants admitted to Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (DTCSH), Northwest Ethiopia” Baye et al (2023).
Neonatal infusion pumps in low income countries – Full Text
“This paper aims to identify the current distribution of infusion pumps in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) used to treat neonates” Norton and Jha (2023).
OPAT outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic – Full Text
“OPAT is a safe, efficacious, and cost-effective model that functioned effectively during the COVID-19 crisis as and could become the standard of care for the treatment of selected patients” Giuliano et al (2023).
Venipuncture robot research – Full Text
“This paper investigates the optimal needle entry angle decision for a dorsal hand intravenous injection robot” Zhu et al (2023).
Chemotherapy drug extravasation treatment – Full Text
“Unfortunately, during an infusion of an anthracycline chemotherapy drug, the chemotherapy drug inadvertently leaked subcutaneously. However, the patient was not treated with timely and effective drainage at the early stage of leakage, and only local hot compresses were applied” Guo and Huo (2023).
Knotted guidewire during central venous catheterisation – Full Text
“When we started pulling out the guidewire, we could bring out approximately 2.5 cm of it and the distal 1.5 cm remained inside. Another attempt of retrieving the guidewire was made but failed as it remained stuck inside the vein” Agarwal et al (2022).
Dressing change timing after PICC placement – Full Text
“To explore how the timing of the initial dressing change influences bacterial growth when alginate dressings were used after peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line insertion in tumor patients” Zhao et al (2022).
Thromboresistant hydrogel PICC
“The HydroPICC® technology represents a new method to reduce frictional forces of implantable devices. Clinical trials are needed to determine whether the differences in frictional properties between conventional VADs and HydroPICC® devices translate into improved clinical outcomes” LeRoy and Donahue (2023).
Umbilical venous catheter infection risk – Full Text
“These data could help clinicians in deciding the best time to remove or to replace the UVC with a PICC, to reduce CLABSIs risk” Corso et al (2022).
Ultrasound-guided vascular access standards for nurse anesthetists
“The implementation of a USGVA hybrid training and education program improved overall provider confidence, knowledge, and competency” Pitman et al (2023).
Comparison of phlebotomy needles
“Sample integrity was identical between both needles. The 25-gauge needle resulted in less 3+ pain, while pain scoring 1 and 2 was more frequent in the 25-gauge cohort” Kirchhoff et al (2023).
Photobiomodulation therapy for extravasation treatment – Full Text
“Extravasation injuries have a devastating effect on the emotional health and quality of life in cancer patients, and are a common cause of medical negligence lawsuits” Hamblin (2023).
Arm vein size for child PICC placement
“The age and the weight of the child have a small role in predicting the caliber of the veins of the arm. Veins should be measured case by case through a proper and systematic ultrasound evaluation; however, the clinician can expect that insertion of a 3 Fr PICC may be feasible in one third of children weighing between 4 and 7 kg” Zanaboni et al (2023).