Cellulitis home-based treatment in children
“Implementing a directed ambulatory care pathway for children with moderate periorbital cellulitis proved to be an effective and safe management strategy. This approach reduces the strain on hospital bed occupancy while promoting community-based patient care” McPherson et al (2024).
Malfunctions of non-electrical infusion pumps – Full Text
“Non-electrical infusion pumps (neIPs) are used to infuse smaller volumes over a defined period of time. There are two types of neIPs: elastomeric pumps and mechanical pumps with a spring mechanism” Munzert and Jacobshagen (2024).
Effectiveness of intraosseous access during resuscitation – Full Text
“Intraosseous access demonstrates a high success rate for infusion, independent of gender, age, weight, anatomical positioning, or healthcare setting, with minimal complication rates. Caution is especially warranted for children under the age of six months, since success rate was lower” Rijnhout et al (2024).
Dehydration and rehydration strategies – Full Text
“Overall, this review aims to enhance the understanding of the conditions in which in vivo dehydration models and rehydration strategies are applicable, thereby advancing research into the physiological and pathological mechanisms of dehydration and supporting the development of effective rehydration therapies” Wang et al (2024).
Complications linked to implantable port removal – Full Text
“Complications during removal were uncommon but included bleeding, difficulty in removing the port and catheter, and delayed wound healing” Su et al (2024).
Cerebral air embolism following a hemodialysis session – Full Text
“This case highlights the importance of considering patients who have a lung transplant to be at increased risk for air emboli during hemodialysis and the need to rapidly recognize symptoms and start treatment, including HBOT, to optimize recovery” Bousbaa et al (2024).
Central venous catheter removal-associated air embolism
“Our survey revealed inappropriately low awareness of CVC removal-associated air embolism risk and low familiarity with CVC removal best-practice recommendations among nonintensive care unit healthcare workers” Karlinskaya et al (2024).
Management of medical adhesive-related skin injuries
“This project successfully enhanced nurses’ compliance with MARSI prevention and management and increased the knowledge and skills of both nurses and patients about MARSI” Tang et al (2024).
GloVANet-WoCoVA position statement on the nomenclature for vascular access devices – Full Text
“A panel of international vascular access experts from several clinical domains was selected by the Scientific Committee of WoCoVA to develop a position statement around vascular access device nomenclature” van Rens et al (2024).
OPAT intervention reduces hospital and emergency department stay
“Nine studies delivered outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) to children and were associated with reduced LOS and cost but longer duration of antibiotic treatment” Dick et al (2024).
Predictors of successful long-term hemodialysis access outcomes
“Understanding predictors of successful long-term access outcomes can guide decision-making regarding access type and alternative strategies. In our cohort, increased age and prior central venous catheter placement are associated with a shorter time to failure of permanent hemodialysis access and an increased risk of needing revision” Talebi et al (2024).
Improved CLABSI prevention bundles
“Sensitizing physicians to the existence and duration of CVCs accompanied with improved bundle-prevention measures, resulted in reduction of pCVCs, and outside the ICU, also in reduction of CVC-UR and CLABSI rates” Regev et al (2024).
Using central venous access devices outside of ICU settings
“Reliable and long-lasting venous access in children is preferred outside the ICU settings where CVADs are essential for long-term treatment involving administration of long-term nutrition in gut enteropathies, chemotherapy, hemodialysis as well as in palliative situations requiring pain medications or administration of antibiotics as in chronic osteomyelitis” Rajkumar et al (2024).
IV catheter foreign body found in heart – Full Text
“Health care professionals must check upon removal of peripheral intravenous access, and record whether the integrity of the peripheral catheter tip was compromised to prevent similar events in future” Şahin et al (2024).
Impact of inappropriate central line blood cultures
“The infectious diseases service was consulted for possible catheter related bloodstream infection (CRBSI). The consultant determined that the risk of CRBSI was low because the tunneled line was nontender without surrounding erythema or drainage, and the patient had a known alternative source of infection” Fuher et al (2024).
Potential bias in hospital-based transfusion medicine
“Hospital-based transfusion involves hundreds of daily medical decisions. Medical decision-making under uncertainty is susceptible to cognitive biases which can lead to systematic errors of reasoning and suboptimal patient care” Raza et al (2024).
ICU integrated management model improves medication safety – Full Text
“The Integrated Management Model of Doctor-Nurse-Pharmacist Collaboration significantly reduced the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), drug incompatibility, and other intravenous therapy-related complications, thereby enhancing the safety of intravenous therapy in critically ill patients” Gao et al (2024).
Impact of Buzzy Bee device on pain perception – Full Text
“The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Buzzy Bee device on pain perception among children undergoing invasive needle pricks as part of their treatment” Al Battashi et al (2024).
Puncture site options for manual intraosseous infusion – Full Text
“Selection of the puncture site markedly influences the effectiveness of manual intraosseous infusion, with the proximal humerus potentially offering better puncture efficacy than the proximal tibia” Huo et al (2024).
Chemotherapy extravasation injury case study – Full Text
“She was started on TV at 2 mg/kg dose every 21 days. During cycle two of TV, her peripheral intravenous line in the right antecubital vein infiltrated after 23 ml of therapy” Son et al (2024).
Medication administration errors in neonatal intensive care units – Full Text
“This study developed and validated an ML-based model to predict the presence of MAEs among neonates in NICUs. AdaBoost was identified as the best-performing algorithm. Utilising the model’s predictions, healthcare providers can potentially reduce MAE occurrence through timely interventions” Henry Basil et al (2024).
Flushing interval for totally implantable venous access ports – Full Text
“The incidence and burden of intraluminal clots did not increase significantly within the first 3 months. Occlusion was rare, even in the presence of clots, and was successfully treated. Therefore, a 3-month flushing interval appears to be a safe and practical option, aligning with the common recommendation for surveillance intervals in patients with cancer” Yang et al (2024).
Review of peripheral IV catheter failure in the ED – Full Text
“This study identified a prevalence of PVC failure in the ED of around 1%. The most prevalent complication was dysfunction, followed by extravasation and dislodgement. In addition, PVC failure was associated with comorbidity/complications, psycho-emotional and mental-cognitive CCIFs domains” Urbina et al (2024).
CLABSI risk associated with ethnicity and socioeconomic disparities – Full Text
“We did not find a difference in CLABSI risk between non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black patients when adjusting for CLABSI risk inherent in type and configuration of CVC” Gottlieb et al (2024).
Targeted single-dose antibiotics to reduce CLABSI – Full Text
“Alteplase use has been associated with CLABSIs. Providing a single dose of post-alteplase antibiotics targeting the most likely site-specific pathogens may reduce the incidence of CLABSIs” Watchorn et al (2024).
The role of education to improve safer injection practices – Full Text
“Education is thought to be the most important factor in good injection practices that could reduce infections. Relevant knowledge through timely training is expected to have a positive impact on performance and compliance related to safe injections” Park et al (2024).
Drug delivery during syringe pump change over
“In a simulated environment with a cardiac output of 5 L/min, the CVP level and vertical position of the syringe pump generated bolus or backflow events during the syringe pump changeover” Lucchini et al (2024).
Intravenous line labels for high-alert drugs
“The label can be used as a technology to prevent misidentification of high-alert medications administered to critically ill patients through intravenous lines, thereby enhancing medication safety in healthcare institutions” de Kassio Nunes et al (2024).
Vein visualisation technology for peripheral IV access in paediatric patients – Full text
“Vein visualisation technology allows for a rapid, thorough assessment of patients’ vasculature to determine an optimal site for PIVC placement beyond what is visible to the naked eye or achievable using traditional methods” Weathers et al (2024).
CLABSI reduction in preterm neonates
“To compare the incidence of central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) with the use of umbilical venous catheters (UVC) as primary vascular access in preterm neonates with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC)” Arun et al (2024).