β-lactam antibiotic infusion options in ICU – Full Text
“This study aimed to predict the impact of different infusion strategies on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target attainment and the potential risk for toxicity in an ICU cohort treated with β-lactams” Smekal et al (2025).
High-concentration potassium chloride extravasation – Full Text
“This case underscores the importance of careful selection and monitoring of infusion sites during administration of irritant solutions like concentrated KCl, particularly in geriatric patients. Patient-specific factors, pharmacological implications, and the necessity for adequate vascular assessment are emphasized” Li et al (2025).
Reusable tourniquets as potential transmitters of infection – Full Text
“This study examines microbial contamination on the surface of reusable tourniquets in both emergency department and operating theatre settings” Szymczyk et al (2025).
Inadvertent insertion of dialysis catheter into subclavian artery – Full Text
“An 82-year-old woman with acute renal failure due to sepsis required emergency dialysis. During the insertion of a 12-Fr dialysis catheter into the right jugular vein, pulsatile reflux was noted. Computed tomography revealed catheter misplacement in the subclavian artery” Takenobu et al (2025).
Intravenous admixture robot development – Full Text
“Due to its high sensitivity and rapid response characteristics, this study aims to develop a robot system for intravenous infusion based on nanophotonics sensing to realize accurate identification, grasping and opening of medicine bottles in a dynamic environment, so as to improve the safety and efficiency of intravenous infusion” Guochun et al (2025).
PICC-RVT risk assessment – Full Text
“Machine learning models that incorporate time-to-event data can effectively predict PICC-RVT risk. The DeepSurv model, in particular, shows excellent discriminative and calibration capabilities. Albumin levels, type of prefill sealant, and activated partial thromboplastin time are critical indicators for identifying and managing high-risk PICC-RVT patients” Li et al (2025).
Central line care in pediatric critical care nursing
“The aim of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a serious, simulated, gaming-based intervention to improve the skills and knowledge of RNs in the early stages of their career regarding central line insertion, care, and infection prevention” Yabrodi et al (2025).
Ultrasound-guided cannulation for difficult IV access
“Based on these results, USGPIV cannulation improves the likelihood of first-attempt insertion success in patients with DIVA” Owen et al (2025).
Flushing peripheral intravenous catheters research protocol – Full Text
“The evidence on PVC flushing practices is dispersed, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions about current practices and clinical implications. A scoping review is needed to explore and synthesise this evidence systematically and to systematically map the existing research on PVC flushing by assessing the scope, methodologies and outcomes of existing studies” Deng et al (2025).
Nurse-driven CLABSI prevention in intensive care units
“As a result, it was observed that the nurse-driven, central catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention algorithm, prepared using evidence-based clinical guidelines, reduced the rates of infection. Therefore, it is recommended to use algorithm studies as a long-term guide in intensive care units” Acun et al (2025).
Reducing pain during PIVC insertion in adults
“The results of this study demonstrate that both auriculotherapy and the Valsalva maneuver effectively reduce pain during PIVC in adults” Hosseini et al (2025).
Pneumothorax incidence following central venous catheter procedures – Full Text
“With pneumothorax being a key complication of CVC procedures, this research aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for optimizing imaging protocols and minimizing unnecessary imaging risks” Breitwieser et al (2024).
Adequacy of CLABSI as a quality measure – Full Text
“Efforts should be redirected toward revising the CLABSI definition and possibly reevaluating its criteria. Resources should be assigned to further investigate and systematically prevent BSIs from secondary sources while adhering to existing CLABSI prevention bundles” Mathur et al (2025).
Chemotherapy administration in the intensive care unit – Full Text
“Administering intravenous chemotherapy in an ICU setting remains challenging, and the experience to establish an indication for systemic chemotherapy is still challenging” Karagiannis et al (2025).
Review of UK patients’ knowledge of anaesthetists and anaesthesia – Full Text
“This study found that many patients are not aware that anaesthetists are medically qualified. Exposure to anaesthetists on the day of surgery did not improve patients’ knowledge of the roles of anaesthetists or their knowledge of anaesthesia itself” Baker and Varadan (2024).
Quality of cytotoxic drug-administered infusion solutions – Full Text
“The pharmacy intravenous admixture service (PIVAS) center is a professional technical service department in hospitals, where the majority of inpatient-administered infusion solutions are prepared” Wang et al (2025).
Peripheral intravenous catheter failure
“This proprietary and novel machine learning algorithm can accurately and reliably predict PIVC failure 1 day prior to clinically evident failure” Bahl et al (2025).
Predicting CLABSI in hemodialysis
“This study identified six risk factors associated with central venous CRI in MHD patients. This predictive model demonstrates good prognostic performance and can be used by clinicians to screen for high-risk patients with central venous CRI, thereby enabling the early implementation of risk management strategies” Guo et al (2025).
Adverse events associated with umbilical vascular catheters in NICU – Full Text
“A risk prediction model has been developed to identify infants at a greater risk of an adverse event associated with umbilical arterial catheters. The model needs to be externally validated before it can be implemented into clinical practice” Gibson et al (2025).
Fluid balance management bundle in critically ill children
“To report the feasibility of a fluid management practice bundle and describe the pre- vs. post-implementation prevalence and odds of cumulative fluid balance greater than 10% in critically ill pediatric patients with respiratory failure” Foglia et al (2025).
Midline catheter for treating diabetic patients
“In a prospective study we found that in hospitalized patients with diabetes the use of mid line venous catheter (MVC) resulted in a significantly lower rate of vascular complications than short cannulas” Rivas et al (2025).
Short-term central venous catheter CLABSI – Full Text
“The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidences of colonization and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in short-term CVCs in the elective surgery setting, as well as to analyze the related risk factors” Becerra-Bolaños et al (2025).
Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein access – Full Text
“The novel lateral in-plane short-axis approach for IJV cannulation is a non-inferior alternative with a lower incidence of posterior vessel wall puncture compared to the conventional approach” Kalina et al (2025).
Tunneled central venous catheters for home hemodialysis – Full Text
“An expert panel of clinicians was convened by Outset Medical, a manufacturer of hemodialysis systems, to review the literature and generate consensus recommendations regarding the use of CVCs for HHD. Consistent with the most recent Kidney Disease Outcomes vascular access guidelines, the end-stage kidney disease life plan should be created via shared decision making for modality choices, with the corresponding dialysis access individualized for the patient, and for whom a CVC may represent the most appropriate vascular access to provide HHD” Aragon et al (2024).
Impact of therapeutic play on children during IV catheterization – Full Text
“To verify the effects of instructional therapeutic play on the behavior of children during the first attempt at peripheral intravenous catheterization” Santos et al (2025).
Vascular access complications in hemodialysis patients – Full Text
“Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal failure remain critical global health challenges, with vascular access complications posing significant obstacles in hemodialysis management” Roşu et al (2025).
PICC outcomes in hematological cancer patients – Full Text
“This review aimed to examine if there is any difference in the risk of thrombosis and central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) with the use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and conventional central venous catheters (CVC) in hematological cancer patients” Ge and Zheng (2025).
Adult difficult intravenous access scale translation into Brazilian Portuguese – Full Text
“To cross-culturally adapt and analyze the metric properties of the Adult Difficult Intravenous Access Scale into Brazilian Portuguese” Monteiro et al (2025).
CRBSI among hemodialysis patients – Full Text
“Over 50% of patients developed CRBSI and gram-positive bacteria were the major causative bacteria. Associated factors were multifactorial and preventive care would be ideal to reduce the number of CRBSI based on these findings” Costantine et al (2025).
Infection risk in Danish blood donors – Full Text
“We aimed to investigate if iron deficiency was associated with infection susceptibility in a large cohort of healthy individuals” Brøns et al (2025).