Predicting and preventing peripheral intravenous cannula insertion failure in the emergency department: Clinician ‘gestalt’ wins again

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 658-665

  Rippey, James C R ^a,b,c   Carr, Peter J ^a,c   Cooke, Marie ^c   Higgins, Niall ^c   Rickard, Claire M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

catheter; failure; insertion; intravenous; prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INSERTION FAILURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84996549642     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12695     Document Type: Article

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