Failed attempts and improvement strategies in peripheral intravenous catheterization

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 93-108

  Sabri, Armin ^a   Szalas, John ^a   Holmes, Kevin S ^a   Labib, Leah ^a   Mussivand, Tofy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cannulation; failure; Peripheral intravenous catheterization (PIVC); success; venipuncture

Indexed keywords

CANNULATION; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETERIZATION (PIVC); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SUCCESS; VENIPUNCTURE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DRUG INFUSION;

DIAGNOSIS;

EMLA; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPRESSION; CONSENSUS; CRYSTALLOID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EXSANGUINATION; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FACE MASK; FOREARM; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IONTOPHORESIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETERIZATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PNEUMATIC CUFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN SURFACE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URTICARIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS BLOOD; AGE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUP; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; SEX FACTORS; VEINS;

EID: 84876369718     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-120735     Document Type: Article

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