Peripheral IV catheter care in oncology
“At least one in ten PIVCs in cancer units present with complications; regular PIVC assessment and improved dressing integrity is likely to reduce risk and improve outcomes” Larsen et al (2022).
OPAT endocarditis treatment for patients who inject drugs
“We highlight literature on OPAT in PWID challenging the notion that PWID cannot be managed with OPAT” Cortes-Penfield et al (2022).
Rehydration options for short bowel syndrome patients
“The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the historical and current use of ORSs and IVFs to maintain fluid balance and combat dehydration from SBS, describe the challenges patients and healthcare providers have been faced with, and provide recommendations for future research to overcome these barriers” Izzo et al (2022).
Implantable ports in dogs
“The axillary or femoral/external iliac veins offer alternative sites for placement of SVAP in dogs undergoing limb amputation” Galliano et al (2022).
Example of Y-site drug compatibility
“Our study showed no physical incompatibility between atosiban and the test drugs in terms of visual changes or nephelometric and pH measurements” Jiménez-Lozano et al (2022).
Cochrane review looks at most effective CVC lock solution – Full Text
“Given the low-certainty evidence, we are uncertain whether intermittent locking with heparin results in fewer central venous catheter occlusions than intermittent locking with normal saline in adults” López-Briz et al (2022).
Arm port tip variation review – Retracted
Article retracted.
CLABSI prevention bundle study – Full Text
“Our findings suggest that duration of CVC placement remains an important risk factor for CLABSIs in hospitalized patients, even after the adoption of prevention bundles” Pitiriga et al (2022).
How to improve OPAT post discharge care – Full Text
“We sought to determine whether changing our inpatient OPAT documentation method would improve postdischarge care” Certain et al (2022).
Management of CVC associated vascular injury – Full Text
“Here we present the successful endovascular management of an injury to the proximal left common carotid artery following attempted cannulation of the right internal jugular vein” Dagher et al (2022).
Impact of implantable port chest scars
“A port scar on the anterior chest wall was not a major concern for the majority of this cohort. A minority of participants were highly impacted by the scar and its location” Connolly et al (2022).
Intraosseous infusion technique explained
“The intraosseous infusion procedure is easy and the learning curve is short, making it the best alternative when traditional intravenous access is not possible or delayed” Meynet et al (2022).
Multi-dose vial contamination – Full Text
“The aim of this study was to better depict the outbreak of healthcare-associated bacteremia caused by Burkholderia gladioli due to contaminated multi-dose vials with saline solutions” Dobrović et al (2022).
VINcat – CRBSI mortality reduction
“Mortality associated with CRBSI has fallen in recent years but remains high. Intervention programs should focus especially on ICUs and medical wards, where incidence and mortality rates are highest” Badia-Cebada et al (2022).
Guide wire catheter exchange technique
“The novel extra-catheter guide wire technique was helpful for in situ exchange of dysfunctional tunneled central venous hemodialysis catheters, especially when the guide wire could not pass through the catheter lumen” Zhang et al (2022).
Tunneled hemodialysis catheter insertion – Full Text
“In this study, we identified determinants for tunneled HDC implantation time that might be relevant for patients and interventionists” Tampe et al (2022).
Midline catheter alternative to CVC
“This review of midline catheter studies evaluates the evidence regarding the substitution of a midline catheter for a central venous catheter” Hadaway and Mermel (2022).
HIV treatment options update
“As such, this article addresses the history of HIV, the evolution of effective HIV treatments, the current treatment options available, and treatments in clinical trials” Webb (2022).
CVC thrombosis risk in oncological patients – Full Text
“There are many different and various factors associated with higher or lower risk of CVC thrombotic complications, so it could be useful to test the recent risk scores to estimate thrombotic risk in oncological patients in clinical practice” Taglialatela et al (2022).
Alternative vascular access in chronic critically ill pediatric patients
“In the long-term follow-up, Dacron felt cuff tunneled catheters placed in the subcostal space with a transhepatic approach remained functional for a long time” Onan et al (2022).
Jugular vein dissection following central venous catheterization
“We report a rare case of CVC prior to cardiac surgery, complicated by internal jugular venous dissection” Bansal and Gambino (2022).
How to insert peripheral IV cannula
“It then undertook a research study to examine bedside practices with short peripheral catheters, which included direct observation at the bedside once weekly for 6 months” DeVries and Scott (2022).
Reducing central venous catheters in haemodialysis patients
“Using a root cause analysis based methodology to examine CVC use in haemodialysis is a novel approach to quality improvement in this area” Balson et al (2022).
Long-term home parenteral nutrition outcomes – Full Text
“Herein, we retrospectively analyse the long-term outcomes of a cohort of pediatric patients with CIF followed-up since our Pediatric Intestinal Failure Unit foundation, in 1989” Lezo et al (2022).
Predicting CLABSI
“A machine learning model can be used to predict 25% of patients with impending CLABSI with only 1.1/1,000 of these predictions being incorrect” Bonello et al (2022).
Infusion nurse role in antimicrobial stewardship
“The goal of this article is to explain why antimicrobials are worth caring for and preserving, as well as to define the role of the infusion nurse in the antimicrobial stewardship team” Linn and Jensen (2022).
IV fluid therapy in sepsis
“Future research should focus on determining the optimal volume of fluid during sepsis resuscitation, the effectiveness of measures of “fluid responsiveness” in improving outcomes, the optimal composition of crystalloid solutions, the role of albumin, and the effects of “deresuscitation” after septic shock” Seitz et al (2022).
Unnecessary peripheral IV catheters
“There seems to be a certain proportion of catheters cannulated unnecessarily in Ambulatory Emergency Care, which would justify the implementation of good practice programmes in the assessment and selection of vascular accesses” Ballesteros-Peña et al (2022).
Early PICC removal rates – Full Text
“Nearly one in five PICCs were removed within five days. Patients whose primary team was in an ICU and PICCs ordered on weekends were at independently higher risk of early removal” Shen et al (2022).
PICC associated UEDVT
“To observe the clinical effect of moxibustion combined with plucking technique at Jiquan (HT 1) for preventing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-related venous thrombosis in the upper limbs of malignant tumor patients” Qiu et al (2022).