Features and Selection of Vascular Access Devices

Sansivero, Gail Egan

doi:10.1016/j.soncn.2010.02.006

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“…30 Equipped with specific information, patients could be involved in the selection process of treatment tools, such as PICC lines. However, few studies have evaluated patients' experiences of central venous access systems, 33 and why this study could be useful related to daily aspects of PICC line as sleeping, clothing and daily hygiene.…”

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Feeling Confident in Using PICC Lines

Alpenberg

Joelsson

Rosengren

2015

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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Treatments involving chemotherapy require central venous access, such as a Peripherally Inserted Central (PICC) line. The aim of the study was to describe patients' experiences of living with a PICC line during chemotherapy treatment. The study comprised interviews with 10 patients and was analyzed using manifest qualitative content analysis. The categories The importance of security, The importance of contentedness, and Feeling confident in using the PICC line were identified. To contribute to patient safety and empowerment in health care, nurses must be well trained in PICC line care. Therefore, evidence-based knowledge about central venous access is necessary for patients' security and contentedness and to improve quality of care and increase patients' well-being in central venous access care activities in the future.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Feeling Confident in Using PICC Lines

Alpenberg

Joelsson

Rosengren

2015

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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“…46,47 Dextrose-containing fluids also promote some Candida species to produce biofilm similar to that of their bacterial counterparts, potentially explaining the increased proportion of CLABSIs caused by fungal pathogens among patients receiving PN. 51 A multifaceted approach to the prevention of CLAB-SI can achieve impressive reductions in infection rates. A review of a total of 92 505 device days for 2007 and for 2009 demonstrated an 82% reduction in PN-associated CLABSIs after a multidisciplinary endeavor aimed at reducing CLABSI rates.…”

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Parenteral Nutrition

Worthington

Gilbert

2012

Journal of Infusion Nursing

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Parenteral nutrition is a life-saving modality, but one that also carries risks for potentially life-threatening complications. Comprehensive management of patients receiving parenteral nutrition includes careful selection of candidates, individualizing formulas to meet patients' unique needs, monitoring response to therapy, and implementing strategies designed to avoid complications. Measures to mitigate the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections are particularly important. As with all complex therapies, a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach promotes optimal outcomes.

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“…One patient utilized this shunt for 35 years with only one declotting episode. Success with internal shunts led to our current use of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts [9]. Recent improvements in safety needles have allowed for safe overnight access.…”

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The Path to Wearable Ultrafiltration and Dialysis Devices

Leonard

Cortell²,

Jones³

2011

Blood Purif

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Wearable blood processing devices offer an attractive solution to problems inherent in clinic-based, intermittent end-stage renal disease therapies. What is involved in transitioning even a part of the current clinic-based population to ambulatory therapy has not been clearly enumerated. This paper addresses what a first-generation wearable device might accomplish, how issues of safety will need to be addressed, and what will make the device attractive to, and manageable by, the patient. Medical, technological, and economic issues are identified.

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Features and Selection of Vascular Access Devices

Cited by 16 publications

References 27 publications

Feeling Confident in Using PICC Lines

Feeling Confident in Using PICC Lines

Parenteral Nutrition

The Path to Wearable Ultrafiltration and Dialysis Devices

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