DIVA – difficult intravenous access – Full Text
“This narrative review reports on the burden of difficult venous access situations and discusses the evidence, and strengths and limitations of vascular access options to help address this challenge” Little et al (2022).
Pain prevention during intravenous cannulation
“CoolSense was more efficacious in reducing the pain of intravenous cannulation than the EMLA cream. In the pediatric population, CoolSense appears to be a simple and rapid means of providing adequate analgesia for venous cannulation” Xess et al (2022).
Transillumination device for difficult peripheral IV access
“To compare the utility of transillumination device with traditional vein viewing in situations with difficult peripheral venous access in pediatric patients” Dutt et al (2022).
Peripheral IV catheter problem reduction – Retracted by publisher
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Ultrasound guided peripheral IV insertion – Full Text
“We identified a number of implementation strategies to support future ultrasound and DIVA pathway implementation” Schults et al (2022).
Upper arm peripheral IV catheter placement – Full Text
“The new peripheral intravenous catheter did not interrupt medical treatments as is common after placement, but safety administered the irritant drugs” Murayama et al (2022).