To analyze the incidence of complications related to the central peripheral insertion catheter and the viability of the infusion of haematopoietic stem cells through volumetric perfusion pumps” Santacatalina-Roig et al (2019).
Abstract:
AIMS: To analyze the incidence of complications related to the central peripheral insertion catheter and the viability of the infusion of haematopoietic stem cells through volumetric perfusion pumps.
METHOD: Prospective descriptive study that includes all patients who received a haematopoietic transplant in the Haematology Service of the Hospital Clínico de Valencia between January and December 2016 (n=73). All of them received a central peripheral insertion catheter. SPSS™ v22 was used to perform the descriptive analysis of the main variables using a confidence interval of 95%. The student’s t-test was used to compare the means of two independent samples assuming unequal variances.
RESULTS: The 63% (n=73) of the catheters remained without problems throughout the procedure. Fever of unknown origin (28.8%) was the main cause of catheter removal. The median number of days for haematological recovery was 12.5 for the autologous transplants and 15 for the allogeneic transplants.
CONCLUSIONS: The central peripheral insertion catheter presents few complications related to insertion. The administration of haematopoietic cells through these catheters with volumetric perfusion pumps does not imply a delay in haematological recovery. Good acceptance by the patient is confirmed.
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Reference:
Santacatalina-Roig, E., Espinar-de Las Heras, E., Ballesteros-Lizondo, J.M., Ibáñez-Puchades, I. and Pescador-Marco, J.L. (2019) Peripherally inserted central catheter in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Infusion of haematopoietic cells and complications. Enfermería Clínica. November 12th. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.09.016. [Epub ahead of print]. [Article in English, Spanish].