Ultrasound-guided CVC placement in newborn piglets weighing 1 kg
“Here we present the first successful series of percutaneous, ultrasound-guided, durable central venous access in newborn piglets weighing 1 kg with a novel method of tunneling the catheter subcutaneously using a needle” Shenton et al (2022).
Femorally inserted central catheters with exit site at mid-thigh
“The attention to the correct position of the tip, the exit site at mid-thigh and the new techniques during insertion make these femoral catheters as safe as other central vascular access devices” Elli et al (2022).
How IV drug use affects length of stay following infective endocarditis
“Among IE patients, being IVDU has associated with a longer LOS and a higher risk of prolonged hospital stay” Nodoushani et al (2022).
Clinical practice guidelines for IV fluid therapy in critically ill children – Full Text
“Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy (IV-MFT) prescribing in acute and critically ill children is very variable among pediatric health care professionals” Brossier et al (2022).
Blood culture diagnostic stewardship
“Multidisciplinary diagnostic stewardship interventions can reduce blood culture and antibiotic use in the PICU. Future work will determine optimal strategies for wider-scale dissemination of diagnostic stewardship in this setting while monitoring patient safety and balancing measures” Woods-Hill et al (2022).
Home vascular access device insertion during covid-19 pandemic
“During covid-19 pandemic, the VAD-team demonstrated the feasibility of VADs home positioning, for patients that need to be transported by ambulance to the hospital for a venous catheter insertion” Grassi et al (2022).
IV filter recommendations differ between clinical societies – Pall blog series – Episode 7
“Over the last years, several societies, mainly parenteral nutrition societies, made recommendations regarding the use of IV in-line filters” Pall (2022).
Treating anthracycline extravasation – Full Text
“It was evidenced that the association of photobiomodulation with topical hyaluronidase was effective in reducing the local effects and assisted in the wound healing process, and that PBM alone was able to prevent appearance of lesions” Freitas et al (2022).
Multi-drug-resistant CLABSI – Full Text
“It was then identified as a causative agent for catheter-related bloodstream infection with negative identification after effective treatment, verifying its transition from commensal to pathogen” Liu et al (2022).
iron infusion hypersensitivity – Full Text
“Acute hypersensitivity reactions during iron infusions are very rare but can be life threatening” Caimmi et al (2022).
Endocarditis management in people who inject drugs – Full Text
“It provides a more in-depth focus on the management of infective endocarditis among this unique population than what has been provided in prior American Heart Association infective endocarditis-related documents” Baddour et al (2022).
CRBSI rates with femoral central access – Full Text
“Our study revealed a higher risk of CRBSI when the femoral access was compared to the internal jugular access (58.3% vs. 41.7%; p = 0.0008)” Hafeez et al (2022).
Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava – Full Text
“Treating physicians should be aware of a possible PLSVC, particularly when a guide wire or a catheter takes a left parasternal course” Haleem (2022).
Self-learning system for ultrasound-guided vascular access – Full Text
“Simulation education for vascular access is expected to increase in educational content and methods. Self-learning through a web-based learning system is a leading candidate for this growth” Sugiki et al (2022).
IV fluid choice and mortality – Full Text
“If tens or hundreds of thousands of deaths could be prevented every year at minimal added cost by simply using whichever of the two fluids results in even slightly better outcomes, what could be the argument against using the slightly better fluid?” Semler (2022).
Simulation-based training in HAI prevention – Full Text
“To perform a review of the literature on the role of simulation-based training (SBT) in healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and to highlight the importance of SBT as an educational tool in infection prevention” Kang et al (2022).
Peripheral IV insertion competence
“The objective of this study was to implement an evidence-based practice project to improve peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion confidence and competence and to improve first-attempt success” Jacobs (2022).
Advice on central venous catheter advancement
“This integrative review aimed to verify the scientific evidence about maneuvers to facilitate the advancement of CVCs in the clavicular region and/or shoulder in adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients” Nobre et al (2022).
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome management – Full Text
“In this case, diagnostic challenges in the ED and the potential role of cognitive bias are highlighted. In addition, we discuss the clinical manifestations and management of SVC syndrome” Salama et al (2022).
Infused medication calculations
“Dimensional analysis training significantly improved the infusible medication calculation skills of nursing students in the ICU” Montazer et al (2022).
Immunoglobulin infusion rate
“Home infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is an option for treatment of numerous conditions and requires considerable infusion time” Prosser et al (2022).
Pain reduction during peripheral IV cannulation
“To compare the clinical efficacy of prior use of Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetic (EMLA) cream and vibrator device in pain reduction during peripheral venous cannulation” Paudel et al (2022).
Survey of 72 stuck hemodialysis catheters
“The survey shows how the stuck catheter complication was managed in different ways, with conflicting results” Forneris et al (2022).
National Dutch hospital OPAT survey – Full Text
“This nationwide study assessed how outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is organised by Dutch acute care hospitals, the barriers experienced, and how an OPAT program affects the way hospitals organised OPAT care” Stoorvogel et al (2022).
Catheter-associated UEDVT in children
“There was a high incidence of extremity DVT detected in children with sTBI who received invasive mechanical ventilation and had a CVL” Lovett et al (2022).
Device-associated infections and hand hygiene compliance
“We aim to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 emergence period on device-associated infections (DAIs), the compliance of healthcare workers with hand hygiene, and other prevention bundles in ICU” AlAhdal et al (2022).
Norepinephrine extravasation case study – Full Text
“A male patient of diabetic ketoacidosis and septic shock was started on norepinephrine infusion following which he developed bulla and subcutaneous tissue ischemia in the event of inadvertent extravasations of norepinephrine” Pradhan (2022).
Team collaboration and vascular access choice – Full Text
“Nurses and other healthcare team members’ understanding, selection, use, and recommendation of CVADs have an indirect effect on patients’ decision-making” Sheng et al (2022).
CVC insertion length formula – Full Text
“Though both landmark and modified Peres’ height formula has low accuracy, landmark technique is superior in predicting correct depth of right internal jugular venous cannulation catheter” Chopra et al (2022).
Blood sampling methods in blood gas analysis – Full Text
“To evaluate the accuracy and stability of arterial blood gas (ABG) results by comparison with venous measurements from routine blood tests, and to compare the accuracy and performance of two sampling syringes, pre-heparinized syringe (PHS) and disposable arterial blood syringe (DABS), in ABG analysis” Zhao et al (2022).