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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).
Home infusion CLABSI prevention
“We interviewed home infusion staff who perform surveillance activities about barriers to and facilitators for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance and identified barriers to training in CLABSI surveillance” Oladapo-Shittu et al (2023).
Needlestick injuries among nurses in Italy
“The incidence rate of NSI varies from 2.2 to 10.77 per 100 nurses per year. The major causes can be traced back to a large night shift, working in the operating block and in the medical departments, and the failure to use adequate devices” Brusini (2022).
Thrombocytopenia and risk of bleeding associated with CVC placement
“In this single center retrospective cohort study of ultrasound-guided central venous access in patients with very low platelet counts, no major bleeding was identified, and prophylactic platelet transfusions did not significantly decrease minor bleeding events” Zarama et al (2023).
Intern procedural curriculum includes CVC placement – Full Text
“Checklists were developed internally for five high-risk procedures (central venous line placement, endotracheal intubation, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, chest tube placement)” Yee et al (2022).
Tobramycin prescribing and monitoring for cystic fibrosis
“This study aimed to determine current TDM practice for tobramycin monitoring in cystic fibrosis (CF) centres in the USA and Canada, UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand due to a high prevalence of CF” Larcombe et al (2022).
Transient complete heart block during femoral CVC placement
“We describe a case of guidewire-induced transient complete heart block during femoral CVC insertion” Weber et al (2022).