Assessing the influence of risk factors on rates and dynamics of peripheral vein phlebitis: An observational cohort study

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Mestre Roca, Gabriel ^a   Berbel Bertolo, Cristina ^a   Tortajada Lopez, Purificación ^a   Gallemi Samaranch, Gema ^a   Aguilar Ramirez, Mari Carmen ^a   Caylà Buqueras, Joan ^b   Rodríguez Baño, Jesús ^c   Martinez, José Antonio ^d  

^a Delfos Medical Center   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Infusions; Intravenous *adverse effects instrumentation; Peripheral *adverse effects instrumentation; Proportional hazards models; Risk factors; Thrombophlebitis *etiology

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOREARM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN PHLEBITIS; PHLEBITIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBITIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862876698     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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