Vesicant-type reaction to docetaxel along the venous tract – Full Text
“Infusion reaction during a docetaxel infusion, followed by an atypical, delayed vesicant-type reaction, without a clear extravasation history” Su et al (2020).
Selection of PICC catheter location in neonates
“To explore the most suitable insertion site for neonatal placement of peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) according to the evidence-based ACE Star model” Chen et al (2020).
Electrolyte-based calculation of fluid shifts after infusing 0.9% saline in severe hyperglycemia
“The new equation was applied to plasma and urinary concentrations of sodium and chloride measured before and 30 min after a 30-min infusion of 1 L of 0.9% saline on two consecutive days in 14 patients with severe hyperglycemia (mean age 50 years)” Svensson et al (2020).
Treating Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis with OPAT
“Ceftriaxone administered as once-daily high-dose short infusion combined with ampicillin has been proposed for the treatment Enterococcus faecalis infectious endocarditis in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy programs (OPAT)” Herrera-Hidalgo et al (2020).
Impact of smart pump and dedicated medication line on IV failure
“Use of an infusion pump and a dedicated medication line can be a feasible option to deliver most IV medication doses in the NICU” Pritchett et al (2020).
How much blood is discarded prior to line sampling?
“To analyse the discarded blood volume obtained through vascular catheters, according to type of catheter, professional experience in extraction and hospital in Adult Intensive Care Units (ICU)” Pérez-Juan and Maqueda-Palau (2020).
PICC-related bloodstream infection in patients with eating disorders
“In patients with eating disorder treated with nutritional therapy using a PICC, prolonged resistance to weight gain became a risk factor for developing CRBSI” Tamura et al (2020).
Device associated infections in Poland
“DA-HAIs was diagnosed at nearly 1/5 of patients. They were more frequent than in European Centre Disease Control report (except for CLA-BSI)” Duszynska et al (2020).
S. aureus eradication and prevention of CRBSI in patients on HPN
“Findings from the present study highlighted the potential usefulness of mupirocin ointment prophylaxis to establish S. aureus eradication in patients on HPN” Gompelman et al (2020).
How to diagnose implantable port CLABSI
“The results support the evidence that sending the port reservoir in addition to the catheter tip to the microbiology laboratory may increase the sensitivity and the accuracy of CRBSI diagnosis” Kaya et al (2020).
Safety of OPAT services provided to nonagenarians – Full Text
“Compared with younger patients, OPAT in nonagenarians is not associated with higher risk of OPAT-related complications” Shrestha et al (2020).
Standardized discharge checklist for parenteral nutrition patients
“The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a standardized PN discharge checklist on TOC for PN patients” Doh et al (2020).
Severe hyponatremia in children receiving hypotonic fluids
“Severe hyponatremia (<130mmol/L) is often associated with neurologic complications leading to sequelae or even death" Mercier et al (2020).
Optimization of infusion center patient appointments
“This model minimizes the weighted sum of the total wait times of patients, the makespan and the number of beds used through the planning horizon” Issabakhsh et al (2020).
Reducing the incidence of amiodarone-related phlebitis
“This evidence-based quality improvement initiative aimed to decrease and enhance early detection of phlebitis in patients receiving amiodarone” Murphy et al (2020).
Risk prediction for candidemia in ITU patients – Full Text
“Patients undergoing abdominal surgery are at increased risk of candidemia, especially the patients with prolonged intensive care unit/hospital stay and the patients with a central venous catheters” Kilic et al (2020).
Review of vasopressor infusion through peripheral venous catheters
“There was low prevalence of complications as a direct result from infusing vasopressors through PIVs” Tran et al (2020).
Effect of alcohol-impregnated caps on CLABSI rates
“To evaluate the effect of 70% isopropyl alcohol-impregnated central venous catheter caps on ambulatory central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in pediatric hematology-oncology patients” Milstone et al (2020).
Outpatient antimicrobial therapy for infective endocarditis
“In this article, we review current literature of outpatient antimicrobial therapy in infective endocarditis” Rajaratnam and Rajaratnam (2020).
Safety of vasopressor administration through midline catheters
“This study demonstrates that midline catheters are a safe alternative to CVCs, for the safe and efficacious administration of vasopressors for prolonged periods of time” Prasanna et al (2020).
Intraosseous vascular access during neonatal resuscitation – Full Text
“We aimed to analyze frequency of use, success, and complication rates of intraosseous (IO) vascular access in neonates at a single tertiary neonatal intensive care unit” Mileder et al (2020).
Informed consent in CVC insertion patient videos on social media
“This paper aimed to determine whether a random selection of instructional videos containing footage of central venous catheter insertion on real patients on YouTube (Google LLC) would mention the presence of informed consent to post the video on social media” O’Sullivan et al (2020).
Association of central line insertion site inflammation and CLABSI
“Our study revealed an association between insertion site inflammation (ISI) and the development of central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)” Kobayashi et al (2020).
Endovascular treatments of CVC-induced superior vena cava occlusion
“We retrospectively identified seven patients with benign SVCO secondary to tCVC treated with endovascular approaches” Li et al (2020).
Frequency and severity of smart-pump infusion errors in PICUs
“Standard concentration infusions (SCIs), smart-pumps, and electronic prescribing are recommended medication error reduction strategies” Howlett et al (2020).
How to reduce low flow drug infusion error – Full Text
“To determine whether carrier fluid reduces variability that variability of low flow drug infusions is proportional to syringe size in pediatric critical care” Madson et al (2020).
Radiological assessment of hepatic arterial infusion devices
“Familiarity with the device and its complications will aid radiologists in playing an important role in the management of patients undergoing HAI therapy” Strnad et al (2020).
Pre-hospital phlebotomy reduced time to blood results availability
“The introduction of pre-hospital phlebotomy reduced the time to blood results availability by 38% and resulted in fewer labelling errors” Curtis et al (2020).
Vancomycin dosing practices among critical care pharmacists
“Among critical care pharmacists, reported vancomycin practices are largely consistent with the 2009 guideline recommendations” Flannery et al (2020).
Hospital-based ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter training programme
“We describe the training programme that was established in our hospital over 5 years ago and how it can be replicated in other centres” Archer-Jones et al (2020).