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Arterial injuries following central venous catheterization

“Inadvertent supra-aortic arterial injuries during central venous catheterization can lead to devastating outcomes. These have been traditionally been managed with open repair or covered stent placement; only recently have percutaneous closure been incorporated into the management of these iatrogenic arterial injuries” Kania et al (2023).

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HAI bundle compliance results – Full Text

“Compliance rates were 94%, 100%, 99%, and 76% for ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and hand hygiene bundles, respectively” Alrebish et al (2023)

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Vasopressor administration through a midline catheter

“We found no significant association of vasopressor administration though a midline with catheter-related complications. However, we identified an increased odds of systemic (but not ipsilateral upper extremity) venous thromboembolism warranting further evaluation” Gershengorn et al (2023).

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HAI bundle compliance results – Full Text

“Compliance rates were 94%, 100%, 99%, and 76% for ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and hand hygiene bundles, respectively” Alrebish et al (2023)

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Vasopressor administration through a midline catheter

“We found no significant association of vasopressor administration though a midline with catheter-related complications. However, we identified an increased odds of systemic (but not ipsilateral upper extremity) venous thromboembolism warranting further evaluation” Gershengorn et al (2023).

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Managing opioid waste in the emergency department

“In this study, we sought to utilize real-world data to describe the magnitude of morphine and hydromorphone waste in the studied EDs. We also applied scenario analyses based on provider ordering patterns to simulate the effects of cost versus opioid waste minimization when making purchasing decisions for the dose of stock vial of each opioid” Coleska et al (2023).

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Central venous catheter material engineering

“Long-term blood-contacting devices (e.g., central venous catheters, CVCs) still face the highest incidence of blood stream infection and thrombosis in clinical application. To effectively address these complications, this work reports a dual-functional surface engineering strategy for CVCs by organic integration of endothelium-mimicking and fibrinolytic functions” Li et al (2023).

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Resuscitation room management of patients – Full Text

“Out-of-hospital and in-hospital measures included: intravenous access (61% vs. 99%), 12-lead ECG (55% vs. 87%), invasive airway management (21% vs. 34%) invasive ventilation (21% vs. 34%), catecholamines (9% vs. 30%), arterial access (0% vs. 52%), and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (11% vs. 6%)” Dziegielewski et al (2023).

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Medical device cybersecurity in healthcare – Full Text

“All of these devices, once connected to a hospital network, present another opportunity for a malevolent party to access the hospital systems, either to gain PHI for financial, political or other gain or to attack the systems directly to cause erroneous monitoring, altered settings of any device and even to access the EMR via this IoMT window” Cartwright (2023).

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